King Midas – Calleja Fantastic Tales Vol. 2, New English Translation, Illustrated Classic Spanish Tale Paperback

• New English translation with editorial context.

What is a king's fortune worth when he cannot eat his supper—or embrace his daughter?

Midas wants everything he touches to become gold. Calleja turns the famous wish into a brisk, vividly illustrated story about appetite, family love, and the responsibilities that come with wealth. His daughter Dorada, whose name means “golden,” makes the consequences painfully personal.

This English edition follows the Spanish booklet's retelling rather than substituting a different modern version of the myth. It also includes The Death of Archimedes, the historical vignette printed with the tale, plus editorial context. The complete edition includes a fatal sword attack in that supplement.

This English reading edition includes a new translation of Calleja's Spanish text, illustrations presented through digital restoration and reconstruction, the original booklet's historical supplement, and editorial context. The illustrations are the original period artwork, carefully restored from scans of the antique book, with AI-assisted tools used to repair damage under hand editorial review. The stories are the original Calleja texts, newly translated into English. This is not a bilingual edition or an untouched facsimile.

King Midas, Calleja Fantastic Tales, Volume 2. By Editorial Saturnino Calleja; translated by Gregory Lindberg.

This is a new paperback edition, printed on demand by our production partner Amazon KDP and published by Plato Press. 6 x 9 in, 28 pages, black-and-white interior. Ships via USPS Media Mail.