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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Not bad but rather long. Seems based very loosely on the late medieval Mediterranean. Does not involve the fantasy elements of some romances; more or less straight military adventures. (  ) antiquary | Sep 22, 2009 |  I recall this has having been a much better read than Don Quixote (but admit that the years may have made my impression fuzzy, also that I have higher standards now than I had then). Another re-read, I think. (  ) OwnedLibrarian | Jul 1, 2009 | immer noch nicht erschienen! (  ) moricsala | Nov 27, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0801854210, Paperback)First published in the Catalan language in Valencia in 1490, Tirant lo Blanc ("The White Tyrant") is a sweeping epic of chivalry and high adventure. With great precision and verve, Martorell narrates land and sea battles, duels, hunts, banquets, political maneuverings, and romantic conquests. Reviewing the first modern Spanish translation in 1969 (Franco had ruthlessly suppressed the Catalan language and literature), Mario Vargas Llosa hailed the epic's author as "the first of that lineage of God-supplanters -- Fielding, Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Joyce, Faulkner -- who try to create in their novels an all-encompassing reality." (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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