by Ricardo Palma · Catedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437612867
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«Tradiciones peruanas» is Ricardo Palma's anthology of stories published by Cátedra in paperback (640 pages, in Spanish).
Ricardo Palma portrays old Lima and the Peru of his time, combining historical anecdotes, popular legends, and costumbrismo. His stories mix chronicle and fiction with irony, humor, and pure Castilian language. This edition brings together 76 of the 453 tradiciones, chosen to offer a varied sample of the whole.
Third edition published on 16 March 2006 in the Letras Hispánicas collection (no. 384), edited by Carlos Villanes Cairo.
For readers of classic Latin American fiction and historical chronicles with humor and popular tradition.
Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano was a Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician. His magnum opus is the Tradiciones peruanas.
