by Washington Irving · Ediciones Miguel Sánchez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471690371
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«Racconti dell'Alhambra» is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving, published by Ediciones Miguel Sánchez in paperback (302 pages, in Italian).
Washington Irving gathers in this volume the impressions and tales born from his stay in Granada, where he visited the Alhambra and drew inspiration from its architecture and legends. The stories combine descriptions of Andalusian landscapes with narratives about the monument's past, between history and fiction.
Work originally published as «Tales of the Alhambra» in 1832; this Italian edition features the collaboration of Vittore Gastiglioni.
Recommended for those who enjoy 19th-century travel literature, the history of Granada, and classic tales set in the Alhambra.
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
