Today I would like to speak to you of the news about the 100th anniversary of the first edition of "Platero y yo" (a famous work by Juan Ramon Jimenez).
“Platero y yo” is a narrative, that recreates, poetically, the life and the death of the donkey, Platero.
The first edition was published in 1914 (Editions of reading) and, in 1917, the complete edition, consisting of 138 chapters (Editorial Calleja, Madrid), was published. It was clear that Platero was an adult text, although, in its simplicity and transparency, is perfectly adequate to the imagination and taste of children. Some chapters enclosing a certain social criticism, revealing a dimension of the author, that many took to notice. The own Juan Ramón Jiménez, in a "little prologue" editing, clarified: "I have never written or write anything for children, because I think that child can read the books, that reads man, with certain exceptions that everyone thinks".
Well, Google has created the character "doodle", to commemorate, yesterday Friday, 100 years since the first edition of this little donkey, small, furry and soft, so soft on the outside.
"doodle"
The December 12, 1914 was released the first edition of one of the most widely read texts of world literature, a work full of symbolism, that has managed to bring to Moguer (Huelva, Southwest Spain), its people and landscapes, all over the world.
The book has accompanied dozens of generations of Spaniards over the years. Its simplicity, clarity and tenderness of the Nobel Prize hided, however, some social criticism of the way of the polyhedral author.
This news makes me remember my life as a student, because all of us have to read this book, at school.
Perhaps you read this book when you were a child too.
Until my next post, kind regards,
Luis.
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