by Jan Potocki · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782714303646
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«Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse» is the fantastic novel by Jan Potocki, published by Corti in French, with 714 pages.
Alphonse Van Worden arrives in Spain to become captain of the Walloon Guards and undergoes an initiatory adventure in the Alpujarras. There, various characters tell him stories that open into others, in a play of framed tales mixing picaresque, banditry, Gothic novel, fantastic tale, philosophy and love.
This French edition, established by René Radrizzani, is complete; it is presented in paperback and has 714 pages.
For readers of European classics and fantastic fiction, interested in framed stories.
Count Jan Potocki was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a celebrated figure in Poland. He is known chiefly for his picaresque novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
