by Juan Ramón Jiménez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402070647
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«Platero y yo» is the lyrical narrative by Juan Ramón Jiménez, published by Bruguera in paperback (229 pages, in Spanish).
A composition in poetic prose set in Moguer, where the author lives with his donkey Platero. Through scenes of rural life, the book combines Andalusian elegy with lyrical autobiography and addresses themes such as friendship, nature, death and the beauty of the everyday.
This illustrated Bruguera edition (1980) belongs to the Todolibro collection. The work was originally published in 1914 and its author received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956.
Suitable for children and adults, and of particular interest to those seeking classics of Spanish literature.
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistic purity". One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the concept of "pure poetry".
