by Bjarne Reuter · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498380354
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«El embustero de Umbría» is a picaresque novel by Bjarne Reuter, published by Salamandra in hardcover (416 pages, in Spanish).
In 1348, with the plague ravaging Europe, the trickster and herbalist Giuseppe Pagamino arrives in Florence with his cart of ointments. There he recruits Arturo as an assistant and they set off for Lucca in search of the elixir of immortality. When the bishop accuses him of witchcraft, Giuseppe must use his cunning to escape and continue his wandering life with Arturo.
«El embustero de Umbría» was originally published in Danish as «Løgnhalsen fra Umbrien» (2004) and won the Danske Banks Litteraturpris in 2005.
Recommended for readers aged 12 and up, especially those interested in historical fiction and picaresque adventures with a medieval setting.
Bjarne Reuter is a Danish writer and screenwriter best known for children's and young adult fiction. Many of his works are set in the 1950s and 1960s, the time of his childhood and adolescence. Many also feature the Copenhagen area, where he was born in Brønshøj. Reuter is the screenwriter of the popular Danish television series and movie Busters verden.
