by Pío Baroja · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420653297
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«El árbol de la ciencia» is the novel by Pío Baroja, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (272 pages, in Spanish).
Andrés Hurtado, a medical student, confronts the Spain of the early twentieth century in a narrative that combines scientific training, personal disillusionment and social criticism. The novel addresses the search for knowledge, pain and the human condition with a pessimistic gaze and the rapid sketching of characters typical of Baroja.
Third novel of the trilogy «La Raza», originally published in 1911. This edition is part of the «El libro de bolsillo» collection from Alianza Editorial.
Classic of the Generation of '98, commonly read in Spanish literature programs.
Pío Baroja y Nessi was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family. His brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen who was a goldsmith, was a well-known anthropologist.
