Platero and I
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780856688348 (0856688347)
Publish date: August 16th 2011
Publisher: Aris & Phillips
Pages no: 136
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Modern,
Poetry,
Short Stories,
Spanish Literature,
Nobel Prize,
Spain
A poet (Juan Ramón Jiménez), a donkey (Platero), a town in the Spanish countryside (Moguer). The author wanders with Platero, eating figs and quinces from the trees, resting in the shade, observing the animals and the people (mostly poor and ragged), and finding beauty everywhere. He describes what ...