The Book of the Knight Zifar: A Translation of El Libro del Cavallero Zifar


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The Book of the Knight Zifar (or Cifar), Spain's first novel of chivalry, is the tale of a virtuous but unfortunate knight who has fallen from grace and must seek redemption through suffering and good deeds. Because of a curse that repeatedly deprives him of that most important of knightly accoutrements-his horse-Zifar and his family must flee their native India and wander through distant lands seeking to regain their rank and fortune. A series of mishaps divides the family, and the novel follow

Author: Charles L. Nelson
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9780813154183
ISBN10: 0813154189
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Hispanic & Latino
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author

Charles L. Nelson is professor of Spanish at Eastern Kentucky University, and the author of several papers on the Cantigas de Santa Maria.

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