El Conde Lucanor (Count Lucanor)

Barcelona, Spain: Planeta, 1990. CE2 - A mass market paperback Spanish language text withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white with minor overall shelf wear with a heavy clear palstic lamination applied to the covers plus there is some very light yellowing of the paper edges and endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the back cover, the top outside paper edges, the front endpaper, the title page. Edited and with notes by Carlos Alvar and Pilar Palanco. This is one of the earliest works of prose ficition. It was originally produced in 1335 and is a collection of 50 stories that follow the model of Aesop's fables. Each story is about a specific problem that Count Lucanor has and his advisor providing each solution. Edición y notas de Carlos Alvar y Pilar Palanco. La gran originalidad de don Juan Manuel ha sido la de tejer unos materiales tradicionales con un estilo completamente nuevo, personalísimo, perfectamente equilibrado y meditado, en cuyo fondo se ve el alma del escritor luchando contra un orden de cosas que no le gustaba y contra el que luchó también en la vida real. 239p.. Spanish Language Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4.5"x7.25". Ex-Library.