by Mark Twain · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472230705
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Wilson, the Odd Fellow, is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894. The story focuses on two children, one black and one white, born on the same day in the same house. The novel explores themes of identity, race, and slavery in the American South. Twain uses humor and satire to critique social conventions and the injustices of the time. Wilson, a man considered an odd fellow by the community, plays a crucial role in revealing the true identity of each child through his knowledge of fingerprints.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
