by Francisco de Quevedo · Circulo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422626411
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«La vida del Buscón» is the picaresque novel by Francisco de Quevedo, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (239 pages, in Spanish).
The novel recounts the life of Pablos, a young man of humble origins who tries to get ahead through tricks and deceit. As he moves through schools, student lodgings and various masters, Quevedo portrays a society corrupted by hypocrisy. The result is a satire of 17th-century Spain, full of grotesque humour and wordplay.
La vida del Buscón was originally published in 1626. This edition is from the Biblioteca de Plata de los Clásicos Españoles, selected and annotated by Francisco Rico.
Annotated edition, intended for students of Spanish literature and readers interested in the classics of the Golden Age.
Spanish Golden Age writer and poet, master of conceptismo, author of El Buscón and of an enormous body of poetry and satire.
