by William Shakespeare · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420608938
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«El mercader de Venecia» is the play by William Shakespeare, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (158 pages, in Spanish).
Antonio, a Venetian merchant, guarantees a loan that his friend Bassanio requests from the Jewish moneylender Shylock to court the wealthy Portia. As security, Shylock demands a pound of Antonio's flesh if the debt is not repaid. The play interweaves the trial over that claim with romantic entanglements and a reflection on justice, vengeance and mercy.
Spanish-language edition with a prologue by Vicente Molina Foix and translation by Luis Astrana Marín, in the El libro de bolsillo collection, Biblioteca Shakespeare.
Classic of Elizabethan theater, commonly read in schools and useful for those approaching Shakespeare's work for the first time.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
