by Don Juan Manuel · Editorial Bruño · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788421690307
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«El conde Lucanor» is the medieval classic of exemplary tales by Don Juan Manuel, published by Editorial Bruño in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
The book presents numerous conflicts of human life and proposes a way out of each through agile, simple, and profound narratives. This version of Don Juan Manuel's most famous work updates the original language but preserves the character of medieval Castilian, thus bringing the classic examples closer to today's reader.
Edition by Jesús Maire Bobes, Biblioteca Clásica Bruño collection (no. 10). The original work, Libro de los enxiemplos del Conde Lucanor e de Patronio, was written in the 14th century (1335).
Recommended for young readers and used as school reading in secondary education.
Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
