by Bernat Metge · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429716146
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«Lo somni» is the medieval fiction work by Bernat Metge, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (152 pages, in Catalan).
Written as a self-defense after the death of John I and the trial opened against Bernat Metge and other royal advisers, the work is structured in four dialogues featuring the author; they range from the immortality of the soul to the frivolity of male fashion, combining the official view with unorthodox personal opinions.
Written between 1398 and 1399; volume 41 of the collection Les Millors Obres de la Literatura Catalana. Edited by Marta Jordà, with a prologue by Giuseppe Tavani.
For those interested in medieval Catalan literature and 14th-century humanist thought.
Bernat Metge (Catalan pronunciation: [bəɾˈnad ˈmedʒə]; was a Catalan writer and humanist, best known as the author of The Dream of Bernat Metge, which he wrote from prison, in which Metge discusses the immortality of the soul.
