by Ana María Matute · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422671305
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«La torre vigía» is a medieval fantasy novel by Ana María Matute, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (235 pages, in Spanish).
Set in a mythical and sensual Middle Ages, the novel tells in the first person the formation of a young would-be knight in a world of heroism, superstition, violence and barbarism. Among his experiences appear love, loneliness, cruelty and nostalgia, in a tale of chivalry with modern sensibility.
First installment of Ana María Matute's Medieval Trilogy; the work originally appeared in 1971 and this edition is from 1998.
For readers of medieval fantasy and Spanish narrative, especially those who want to start with Ana María Matute's Medieval Trilogy.
Ana María Matute Ausejo was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Cervantes Prize for her literary oeuvre, she is considered one of the foremost novelists of the posguerra, the period immediately following the Spanish Civil War.
