by Baltasar Gracián · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475302829
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«El Criticón» is the philosophical novel by Baltasar Gracián, published by Orbis in hardback (528 pages, in Spanish).
«El Criticón» is an allegory in which Critilo, the prudent man, and Andrenio, the natural man, journey through the ages of life. Gracián combines fable, satire and symbols to build a disillusioned critique of the vices of Baroque society.
«El Criticón» was originally published in three parts between 1651 and 1657; this 1983 edition belongs to the Historia Universal de la Literatura collection, number 78.
For readers of Golden Age classical literature and moral philosophy.
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. He is best known for his book The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647), but his novel El Criticón (1651-57) is considered his greatest work.
