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Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell
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Tirant Lo Blanc (1490)

by Joanot Martorell, Marti Joan de Galba

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A pillar on the way to the modern novel. Chronic literary freaks should lean on.
  hbergander | Feb 13, 2011 |
Very long (and winding) story about the ideals of knighthood. The story itself could be told in less pages, but then the writer always feels the need to write about the dress code of knights, kings and so on. The use of quote from ancient texts is also something that is done quite often in the book. And off course the book glorifies Catholicism... Not a book I will want to revisit in the near future. ( )
  kabouter | Aug 20, 2010 |
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 |
immer noch nicht erschienen! ( )
  moricsala | Nov 27, 2007 |
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Joanot Martorellprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
de Galba, Marti Joanmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Nijs, Bob deTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rosenthal, David H.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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The knightly estate excels in such degree that it would be highly revered, if knights pursued the ends for which it was created.
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Tirant Lo Blanc was originally published in the Catalan language in 1490. This is the English translation. Mostly written by Joanot Martorell, a Vatican knight, the book was completed after his death by Marti Joan de Galba, another knight.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0805238522, Hardcover)

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."

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