Calila e Dimna

Estas fbulas fueron traducidas del rabe por orden de Alfonso el Sabio. Se supone que proceden de la India y que fueron difundidas en Occidente por el Islam. Destacan por su enorme plasticidad narrativa, la irona y el juego con el tiempo, el lenguaje y la moral. These fables were translated from the Arabic by decree of Alfonso el Sabio. It is believed they originated in the Indian subcontinent and were brought to the West through the Islamic world. They stand out for their great narrative elasticity, their irony and playing with sense of time, their use of language and treatment of moral issues.