Name: La Flor más Grande del Mundo (in Spanish)
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Author: Saramago, Jose
ISBN: 9788448846046

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La Flor más Grande del Mundo (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jose Saramago

Publisher

Beascoa

Collection

Lumen Ilustrados

Year

2016

Language

Spanish

Pages

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

28.30 x 23.00

ISBN13

9788448846046

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "La Flor más Grande del Mundo (in Spanish)"

Si las historias para niños fueran de lectura obligada para los adultos, ¿seríamos capaces de aprender lo que, desde hace tanto tiempo, venimos enseñando?Un bello relato para niños... y para adultos, de José Saramago, Premio Nobel de Literatura.La flor más grande del mundo narra la historia de un niño que, recorriendo el mundo, encuentra una flor marchita. «¡Oh! No hay agua por aquí, esta flor morirá». Y entonces comienza a buscar agua por el mundo, se aleja de su casa y atraviesa paisajes desconocidos buscando la forma de salvar la flor.Un cuento cargado de fuerza y energía y un texto repleto de símbolos y enigmas. Con ilustraciones de João Caetano que contribuyen a mantener la fuerza y la poesía del relato.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONIf children’s stories were required reading for adults, would we be capable of learning that which we’ve been teaching for so long?A beautiful tale for children—and adults—by José Saramago, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature.The Biggest Flower in the World tells the story of a child who, while traveling the world, finds a withering flower. "Oh! There is no water here. This flower will die." So he starts to search for water around the world; he journeys far from home and crosses unknown landscapes looking for a way to save the flower.A story loaded with strength and energy and a text full of symbols and mysteries. With illustrations by João Caetano that help maintain the tale’s power and poetry.

Jose Saramago

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José Saramago (Azinhaga, 1922-Tías, Lanzarote, 2010) is one of the most well-known and appreciated Portuguese writers worldwide. In Spain, since the first publication of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis in 1985, his literary work received the best reception from readers and critics. Other important titles include The Widow, Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, Raised from the Ground, Baltasar and Blimunda, The Stone Raft, The History of the Siege of Lisbon, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Blindness, All the Names, The Cave, The Double, Seeing, Death with Interruptions, The Elephant's Journey, Cain, Skylight, and Alabardas. Alfaguara has also published Complete Poetry, Lanzarote Notebooks I and II, Journey to Portugal, the short story The Tale of the Unknown Island, the children's story The Biggest Flower in the World, the autobiographical book Small Memories, The Notebook, José Saramago in His Words, a compilation of the author's statements collected in the press, The Last Notebook, What Will You Do with This Book. Complete Plays and The Nobel Year Notebook. He received the Camões Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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