by Francisco de Quevedo · Ediciones Rueda · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788487507700
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«Historia de la vida del Buscón llamado Don Pablos» is the picaresque novel by Francisco de Quevedo, published by Ediciones Rueda in 1997 (200 pages, in Spanish).
A Golden Age picaresque novel that follows the adventures of don Pablos, a young man of humble origins determined to climb the social ladder. Through his pranks, tricks and failures, Quevedo offers a biting satire of 17th-century Spain, using verbal wit and caricature. The volume is completed with the «Sueños», a work in which the author criticises the vices and trades of his era through allegorical visions.
Part of the Clásicos de la literatura española collection. The edition includes an introduction, selection and notes by Carlos Soria, and consists of 200 pages in paperback.
Recommended for readers of classic Spanish literature who want to approach Quevedo's satirical prose with the support of explanatory notes.
Spanish Golden Age writer and poet, master of conceptismo, author of El Buscón and of an enormous body of poetry and satire.
