by Voltaire · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420615134
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«Cándido y otros cuentos» is a collection of satirical tales by Voltaire, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback, with 224 pages in Spanish.
Voltaire uses satire and the philosophical tale to criticize the superstition, intolerance, and fanaticism of his time. The volume brings together five stories, including «Cándido» and «Micromegas», whose protagonists experience journeys and misfortunes that serve to question optimism and the customs of the eighteenth-century European world.
Volume in Alianza's El Libro de Bolsillo collection, with selection by Paulino Garagorri and translation by Antonio Espina.
A classic for readers interested in eighteenth-century French literature and philosophical satire.
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
