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Book Information

Publisher
Castalia Ediciones
Published
2014-02-01
Pages
136 pages
Language
スペイン語
Size
14.61 x 1.02 x 21.59 cm
ISBN-13
9788497406369
ISBN-10
8497406362
Category
洋書/Children's Books/Classics

From its first publication in 1917, Juan Ramón Jiménez turned his Silversmith - the donkey that walked the poet in the afternoons of Moguer - into a legendary figure as popular as Alicia or the Little Prince. With an exquisite and at the same time simple language, full of beautiful images and full of melancholy, the poet, sometimes in dialogue with Platero and others in his company, tells us about the beauty of the environment and its relationship with all things. Without a doubt, Platero has dazzled generations of readers.

Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón is a Spanish poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, for the whole of his work, the lyrical narration Platero y yo being designated as its outstanding work. Although by age he belongs to the Novecentismo or Generation of 14, he maintained a close relationship with the previous generations (Modernism, which influenced his first stage) and later (Generation of 27, which he supported at least in his first works -although later he attacked them - and of which he was one of the main models, as well as a reference for some of the avant-garde authors). He sought to know the truth, as a way to achieve eternity and accuracy for him was beauty, considering poetry as a source of knowledge to grasp things.

Reviews

  • プラテーロがそこにいる

    大好きな『プラテーロとぼく』 原文で読みたくて買いましたが、まだ全部読めてません(汗) ただ、「わー、訳と同じ感じの文章!」ということはホンノリ分かるので、時々眺めて楽しんでいます。 本を開くと、フワフワのプラテーロとスペインを感じます。

  • 美しい

    声に出して読みたい美しい言葉の詰まった詩の本です。 なのでできれば、質の良いオーディオ版もあると嬉しいです。

  • Original selection (short version)

    I was looking for the original short version in Spanish and found it. Nice, neat edition.

  • Libro memorabile

    Libro magnifico opera di un grande autore. Parla direttamente al cuore del lettore. La versione in lingua originale consente di apprezzare alcune forme retoriche in cui la semplicita' del linguaggio si unisce a una capacita' di evocare immagine e sentimenti molto potenti.

  • Platero y yo

    C'est l'histoire bouleversante de Platero, petit âne si aimé par son maître, le grand poète Juan Ramon Jimenez. Il y a des chapitres magnifiques, certains sont gais d'autres sont ezmpreints de nostalgie mais tous sont illuminés par le regard plein de tendresse du poète. Un de mes livres préférés, un de ceux que j'emmènerais au bout du monde.

  • Clásico

    Clásico y perfecto para regalar.

  • Juan Ramon does it again

    I was introduced to 'Platero y Yo' as a teen in El Salvador. It was seen as a children's book by the adults around me who were also coaching me in my Spanish. I recall that the cover was illustrated as many children's books are with lots of color and obvious appeal to kids. But when you really get down to reading it you find it is a most adult book. Juan Ramon uses the theme of the pet donkey 'Platero' to explore almost every avenue of life, death and everything in between in concise poetic chapters (Juan Ramon Jimenez was a Nobel Prize winning poet, 1956). Platero becomes a kind of counterpoint while the narrator observes all the life around him; in the process Platero grows in personality and life and your affection for him begins to meld with the author's. Read it in Spanish and your vocabulary will leap to higher stage. There is also a fine English translation (Platero and I) in a Singet classic edition. A wonderful book on all levels.

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