David ZasloffAug 27, 20193 min readGargantua And Pantagruel by Francois RabelaisNot too many authors have seen their very names add words to the English language. There's Kafka and Lovecraft and a few others, but even...
David ZasloffJul 6, 20194 min readAmadis Of Gaul by Garci Rodriguez De MontalvoSome confusion seems to exist as to the true provenance of "Amadis Of Gaul," and even as to its true author. Did Garci Rodriguez de...
David ZasloffJun 29, 20194 min readLa Celestina by Fernando de RojasI learned a lot of Jewish history growing up – slavery in Egypt, the Temples and their destruction, millennia of exile, the Holocaust....
David ZasloffJun 22, 20194 min readTirant Lo Blanc by Joanot MartorellFor an early example of chivalric literature – a book that no less a figure that Cervantes, author of that classic knightly novel "Don...