A translation into English of the lyrical prose classic "Platero y Yo" by Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, including translator's annotations, preface, and cu

“An exquisite book, rich, shimmering, and truly incomparable.” —The New Yorker This lyric portrait of a boy’s companionship with his little donkey, Plat

Selections from a classic of world literature present a picture of life in the town of Moguer, in Andalusia, Spain.

Presents a picture of life in the town of Moguer, in Andalusia, Spain, as seen therough the eyes of a wondering poet and his faithful donkey.

The great Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956, was a mystic as will as a poet, and the deep spirituality which i