El turno del escriba
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Published
México, D.F. : Alfaguara, 2005.
ISBN
9707701811, 9789707701816, 9870400981, 9789870400981
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Blue Island Public Library - Stacks | SPAN FIC MON | On Shelf |
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor - World Language Literature | SPANISH FICTION MONTES | On Shelf |
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Published
México, D.F. : Alfaguara, 2005.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 24 cm
Language
Spanish
ISBN
9707701811, 9789707701816, 9870400981, 9789870400981
Notes
General Note
"Premio Alfaguara de Novela, 2005"--Cover.
Description
En 1298, Rustichello de Pisa vive su decimocuarto año como rehén de guerra de los genoveses. Este escribano viejo y cansado alguna vez copió manuscritos para las casas reales más grandes de Europa, pero ningún monarca parece ahora interesado en pagar su rescate. Su destino cambia cuando un nuevo prisionero viene a compartir su celda. Es Marco Polo, el viajero veneciano que llegó a los confines del Oriente. Rustichello adivina enseguida el tesoro que tiene entre manos, y así da comienzo a una epopeya secreta y grandiosa: la redacción, a partir de los relatos de Marco Polo, de una obra que le atraerá de nuevo el favor de los príncipes cristianos, el Libro de las maravillas del mundo. Esta novela es la recreación de una época fascinante de la humanidad, la de los descubrimientos y la atracción por lo desconocido, que trasciende el marco histórico para convertir su escritura deslumbrante en un acto de libertad, transformando el espacio cerrado del calabozo en un arca donde caben el mundo real y el de los sueños.
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In 1298, Rustichello of Pisa is living his fourteenth year as a hostage of the war with the Genoese. This old, tired court clerk once copied manuscripts for the greatest royal houses of Europe, but no monarch seems ready to pay his ransom. His fate changes when a new prisoner comes to share his cell. It's Marco Polo, the Venetian traveler who reached the far corners of the Orient. Rustichello soon guesses the treasure he has at hand, and so starts a secret and grandiose epic poem: summing up, starting with the accounts of Marco Polo, a work that will draw him the favor of the Christian princes, the book of the marvels of the world. This novel is the recreation of a fascinating epoch of humanity, that of discoveries and the lure of the unknown, which transcends the historical framework to turn his dazzling writing into an act of freedom, transforming the closed space of the dungeon into an arch into which the real world and the domain of dreams are contained.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Montes, G., & Wolf, E. (2005). El turno del escriba (1. edición.). Alfaguara.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Montes, Graciela and Ema. Wolf. 2005. El Turno Del Escriba. Alfaguara.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Montes, Graciela and Ema. Wolf. El Turno Del Escriba Alfaguara, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Montes, Graciela., and Ema Wolf. El Turno Del Escriba 1. edición., Alfaguara, 2005.
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