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What is the mysterious manuscript found in Zaragoza? It is truly difficult to describe this multifaceted narrative, a classic masterpiece that retains its vitality to this day, without doing it an injustice.
Let us say, then, that the starting point is the written account left behind by a young Walloon officer, Alphonse, as he travels through Spain in 1739 to join his regiment in Madrid, and finds himself in an inn full of mysterious characters and enchanting women.
Alphonse records what he hears from these people in his manuscript over sixty-six days and hides the writing, only for it to be discovered decades later, bringing to life in a unique way the voices that tell all these incredible stories.
Thus unfolds an unbelievable web of stories, of what we would today call a Borgesian texture, where the main narrative axis constantly shifts with remarkable skill.
This is a captivating, dizzying labyrinth of many different narratives that are skillfully intertwined, taking the reader on a journey through secret worlds-within-worlds, filled with both enchanting and dark figures: Kabbalists, travelers, thieves, magicians and philosophers, beautiful and fatal women, gypsies and Arabs, secret societies and conspiracies – their stories compose a rare masterpiece that has been compared to One Thousand and One Nights and Boccaccio’s Decameron.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Jan Potocki
- Publisher
- PSychogios
- Publishers
- Psychogios
- Type
- Historical Novel, Classic Literature
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 832
- Release Date
- 27/11/2025
- Publication Date
- 2025
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9786180162721
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