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Book Synopsis
This lyric portrait of life in a remote Andalusian village is the masterpiece of Juan Ramón Jiménez, the Spanish poet awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Trade Review
An exquisite book, rich, shimmering, truly incomparable. * New Yorker *

Table of Contents
  • Translator's Acknowledgments
  • Platero and I
  • List of Chapters
    • I. Platero
    • II. White Butterflies
    • III. Twilight Games
    • IV. Eclipse
    • V. Fear
    • VI. Kindergarten
    • VII. The Crazy-Man
    • VIII. Judas
    • IX. Early Figs
    • X. Angelus
    • XI. The Pit
    • XII. The Thorn
    • XIII. The Swallows
    • XIV. The Stable
    • XV. The Castrated Colt
    • XVI. The House across the Street
    • XVII. The Little Idiot
    • XVIII. The Ghost
    • XIX. Landscape in Scarlet
    • XX. The Parrot
    • XXI. The Roof
    • XXII. Return
    • XVIII. The Locked Gate
    • XXIV. Don José, the Curate
    • XXV. Spring
    • XXVI. The Cistern
    • XXVII. The Mangy Dog
    • XXVIII. The Pool
    • XXIX. April Idyl
    • XXX. The Canary's Flight
    • XXXI. The Devil
    • XXXII. Liberty
    • XXXIII. The Romanies
    • XXXIV. The Sweetheart
    • XXXV. The Leech
    • XXXVI. The Three Old Women
    • XXXVII. The Cart
    • XXXVIII. Bread
    • XXXIX. Aglaia
    • XL. The Corona Pine
    • XLI. Darbón
    • XLII. The Child and the Water
    • XLIII. Friendship
    • XLIV. Lullaby
    • XLV. The Tree in the Yard
    • XLVI. The Consumptive Girl
    • XLVII. Benediction
    • XLVIII. Ronsard
    • XLIX. Peep Show
    • L. Wayside Flower
    • LI. Lord
    • LII. The Well
    • LIII. Peaches
    • LIV. The Kick
    • LV. Assography
    • LVI. Corpus Christi
    • LVII. Promenade
    • LVIII. The Cockfight
    • LIX. Nightfall
    • LX. The Stamp
    • LXI. The Mother Dog
    • LXII. She and We
    • LXIII. Sparrows
    • LXIV. Frasco Vélez
    • LXV. Summer
    • LXVI. Forest Fire
    • LXVII. The Brook
    • LXVIII. Sunday
    • LXIX. The Cricket's Song
    • LXX. Bullfight
    • LXXI. Storm
    • LXXII. Wine Harvest
    • LXXIII. Nocturne
    • LXXIV. Sarito
    • LXXV. Last Siesta
    • LXXVI. Fireworks
    • LXXVII. The Orchard
    • LXXVIII. The Moon
    • LXXIX. Play
    • LXXX. Wild Geese
    • LXXXI. The Little Girl
    • LXXXII. The Shepherd
    • LXXXIII. The Canary Dies
    • LXXXIV. The Hill
    • LXXXV. Autumn
    • LXXXVI. The Captive Dog
    • LXXXVII. The Greek Turtle
    • LXXXVIII. October Afternoon
    • LXXXIX. Antonia
    • XC. The Forgotten Grape Cluster
    • XCI. Admiral
    • XCII. Vignette
    • XLIII. Fish Scale
    • XCIV. Pinito
    • XCV. The River
    • XCVI. The Pomegranate
    • XCVii. The Old Cemetery
    • XLVIII. Lipiani
    • XCIX. The Castle
    • C. The Old Bull Ring
    • CI. Echo
    • CII. Fright
    • CIII. The Old Fountain
    • CIV. The Road
    • CV. Pine Nuts
    • CVI. The Runaway Bull
    • CVII. November Idyl
    • CVIII. The White Mare
    • CIX. Charivari
    • CX. The Gypsies
    • CXI. The Flame
    • CXII. Convalescence
    • CXIII. The Old Donkey
    • CXIV. Dawn
    • CXV. Small Flowers
    • CXVI. Christmas
    • CXVII. Ribera Street
    • CXVIII. Rainy Season
    • CXIX. She-Ass's Milk
    • CXX. Clear Night
    • CXXI. The Wreath of Parsley
    • CXXII. The Wise Men
    • CXXIII. Mons-Urium
    • CXXIV. Wine
    • CXXV. The Fable
    • CXXVI. Carnival
    • CXXVII. León
    • CXXVIII. The Windmill
    • CXXIX. The Tower
    • CXXX. The Sand-Dealer's Donkeys
    • CXXXI. Madrigal
    • CXXXII. Death
    • CXXXIII. Nostalgia
    • CXXXIV. The Sawhorse
    • CXXXV. Melancholy
    • CXXXVI. To Platero in the Heaven of Moguer
    • CXXXVII. Cardboard Platero
    • CXXXVIII. To Platero, en su Tierra

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 1 January 1957
      ISBN-13 9780292764798
      978-0292764798
      ISBN-10 0292764790
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This lyric portrait of life in a remote Andalusian village is the masterpiece of Juan Ramón Jiménez, the Spanish poet awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature.

      Trade Review
      An exquisite book, rich, shimmering, truly incomparable. * New Yorker *

      Table of Contents
      • Translator's Acknowledgments
      • Platero and I
      • List of Chapters
        • I. Platero
        • II. White Butterflies
        • III. Twilight Games
        • IV. Eclipse
        • V. Fear
        • VI. Kindergarten
        • VII. The Crazy-Man
        • VIII. Judas
        • IX. Early Figs
        • X. Angelus
        • XI. The Pit
        • XII. The Thorn
        • XIII. The Swallows
        • XIV. The Stable
        • XV. The Castrated Colt
        • XVI. The House across the Street
        • XVII. The Little Idiot
        • XVIII. The Ghost
        • XIX. Landscape in Scarlet
        • XX. The Parrot
        • XXI. The Roof
        • XXII. Return
        • XVIII. The Locked Gate
        • XXIV. Don José, the Curate
        • XXV. Spring
        • XXVI. The Cistern
        • XXVII. The Mangy Dog
        • XXVIII. The Pool
        • XXIX. April Idyl
        • XXX. The Canary's Flight
        • XXXI. The Devil
        • XXXII. Liberty
        • XXXIII. The Romanies
        • XXXIV. The Sweetheart
        • XXXV. The Leech
        • XXXVI. The Three Old Women
        • XXXVII. The Cart
        • XXXVIII. Bread
        • XXXIX. Aglaia
        • XL. The Corona Pine
        • XLI. Darbón
        • XLII. The Child and the Water
        • XLIII. Friendship
        • XLIV. Lullaby
        • XLV. The Tree in the Yard
        • XLVI. The Consumptive Girl
        • XLVII. Benediction
        • XLVIII. Ronsard
        • XLIX. Peep Show
        • L. Wayside Flower
        • LI. Lord
        • LII. The Well
        • LIII. Peaches
        • LIV. The Kick
        • LV. Assography
        • LVI. Corpus Christi
        • LVII. Promenade
        • LVIII. The Cockfight
        • LIX. Nightfall
        • LX. The Stamp
        • LXI. The Mother Dog
        • LXII. She and We
        • LXIII. Sparrows
        • LXIV. Frasco Vélez
        • LXV. Summer
        • LXVI. Forest Fire
        • LXVII. The Brook
        • LXVIII. Sunday
        • LXIX. The Cricket's Song
        • LXX. Bullfight
        • LXXI. Storm
        • LXXII. Wine Harvest
        • LXXIII. Nocturne
        • LXXIV. Sarito
        • LXXV. Last Siesta
        • LXXVI. Fireworks
        • LXXVII. The Orchard
        • LXXVIII. The Moon
        • LXXIX. Play
        • LXXX. Wild Geese
        • LXXXI. The Little Girl
        • LXXXII. The Shepherd
        • LXXXIII. The Canary Dies
        • LXXXIV. The Hill
        • LXXXV. Autumn
        • LXXXVI. The Captive Dog
        • LXXXVII. The Greek Turtle
        • LXXXVIII. October Afternoon
        • LXXXIX. Antonia
        • XC. The Forgotten Grape Cluster
        • XCI. Admiral
        • XCII. Vignette
        • XLIII. Fish Scale
        • XCIV. Pinito
        • XCV. The River
        • XCVI. The Pomegranate
        • XCVii. The Old Cemetery
        • XLVIII. Lipiani
        • XCIX. The Castle
        • C. The Old Bull Ring
        • CI. Echo
        • CII. Fright
        • CIII. The Old Fountain
        • CIV. The Road
        • CV. Pine Nuts
        • CVI. The Runaway Bull
        • CVII. November Idyl
        • CVIII. The White Mare
        • CIX. Charivari
        • CX. The Gypsies
        • CXI. The Flame
        • CXII. Convalescence
        • CXIII. The Old Donkey
        • CXIV. Dawn
        • CXV. Small Flowers
        • CXVI. Christmas
        • CXVII. Ribera Street
        • CXVIII. Rainy Season
        • CXIX. She-Ass's Milk
        • CXX. Clear Night
        • CXXI. The Wreath of Parsley
        • CXXII. The Wise Men
        • CXXIII. Mons-Urium
        • CXXIV. Wine
        • CXXV. The Fable
        • CXXVI. Carnival
        • CXXVII. León
        • CXXVIII. The Windmill
        • CXXIX. The Tower
        • CXXX. The Sand-Dealer's Donkeys
        • CXXXI. Madrigal
        • CXXXII. Death
        • CXXXIII. Nostalgia
        • CXXXIV. The Sawhorse
        • CXXXV. Melancholy
        • CXXXVI. To Platero in the Heaven of Moguer
        • CXXXVII. Cardboard Platero
        • CXXXVIII. To Platero, en su Tierra

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