La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

Synopsis of La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

«La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes» is the anonymous novel published by Ediciones Akal in paperback (152 pages, in Spanish).

Anonymous first-person narrative that follows Lázaro from childhood to adulthood in the service of several masters. His misfortunes trace a journey through the margins of imperial Spain and reveal the hypocrisies and paths of social ascent in an era dominated by the Inquisition. Annotated edition that places it in its literary context.

This edition belongs to the Nuestros clásicos collection (number 18) and is annotated by Reyes Coll and Anthony N. Zahareas. The work was originally published in 1554.

Suitable for students of Spanish literature and for those who want to approach this anonymous sixteenth-century classic with the help of notes.