Tales of the Alhambra

Resumen del libro

There are some books that age with time, and others that seem to be ageless. This is the case of the "Tales of the Alhambra", written by Washington Irving, an American diplomat, historian and traveller, who lived in the Alhambra itself for a while. The book, which was first published in 1832, was immediately translated into many languages and attracted travellers from all over the world to Granada.

Biografía del autor

Nueva York, 1783 - Sunnyside, 1859. Escritor norteamericano perteneciente al mundo literario del costumbrismo. Washington Irving es el primer autor americano que utiliza la literatura para hacer reír y caricaturizar la realidad, creando además el estilo coloquial que después utilizarían Mark Twain y Hemingway.