by Alfonso de Valdés · Editorial Octaedro, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788480635806
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«La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes, y de sus fortunas y adversidades» is the picaresque novel by Alfonso de Valdés, published by Editorial Octaedro in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
The Lazarillo is a major work of Spanish literature that was published anonymously, although this edition attributes it to the Erasmist Alfonso de Valdés, secretary to Charles V. It tells the story of Lázaro de Tormes, a poor boy who serves several masters and learns to survive through cunning in sixteenth-century Spain. Through his life, the work offers social criticism and a realistic view of its time.
This edition belongs to the Biblioteca Octaedro collection (volume 15). It includes an introduction by Rosa Navarro Durán, who argues for Valdés's authorship, and editing and notes by Milagros Rodríguez Cáceres. The original work dates from 1554.
Edition designed as support material for high school students and for readers approaching the classics of Spanish literature with critical apparatus.
Alfonso de Valdés was a Spanish humanist, who worked at the chancellery of the Emperor Charles V. He was the twin brother of Juan de Valdés.
