by Mateo Alemán · Circulo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422607021
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«Vida del pícaro Guzmán de Alfarache» is the picaresque novel by Mateo Alemán, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (645 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative follows the life of Guzmán, a rogue of humble origins who travels through Spain, using tricks and deceit to survive. Among his adventures, moralizing stories and reflections are interspersed, making the work a critique of hypocrisy, corruption, and social inequality in the 16th century.
The work was originally published in 1599. This edition by Círculo de Lectores is part of the Clásicos de la literatura universal collection and dates from 1975.
For literature students and readers interested in the picaresque novel of the Golden Age; it has also been used as support in school assignments.
Mateo Alemán y del Nero was a Spanish novelist and writer.
