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Best poetic narrative read in years...
Mr. Jimenez's journey with Platero is one that opens the eyes of Spaniards and all those who love Spain to the specific, integral aspects of Spanish life. A beautiful, poetic journal of love between man and beast, of wisdom juxtaposed with ignorance, and of the parochial which defines our world more clearly than the global rhetoric so often spouted today, Senor Jimenez offers us a spiritual gift in this simple work, seemingly created for Spanish school children.

a childhood favorite that grows with you
Platero and I is a series of vignettes about the life of a poor poet and his treasured donkey and the small Spanish village in which they live. Written in richly lyrical prose, it is a hauntingly beautiful book whichexplores the depths of human emotion and feeling, and the concepts of love,loyalty, friendship, and freedom. The language and the short chapters aresimple enough to hold the attention of even children--I myself read thisbook for the first time as a child, and over the years I have returned toit time and again. It is a timeless literary classic that never growsold--the more one reads it, the more one gets out of it. The original,longer version is a little hard to find these days, but well worth theeffort--you will be well-rewarded if you do decide to search it out. Onceyou read it, you will understand why Jimenez won the Nobel Prize forliterature. ... Read more

Product Description
This volume of 55 sonnets develops the specific and limited theme of the poet's soul in loving contact with nature and an idealized beloved. The translations faithfully follow Jimenez' original Petrarchan form, and are arranged with Spanish on the left of the page and the translation on the right. ... Read more