by Francisco de Quevedo · Hijos de José Bosch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472941359
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«El Buscón» is the picaresque novel by Francisco de Quevedo, published by Hijos de José Bosch in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Pablos, a young man of humble origins who, after his time at school and in the service of a companion, tries to rise socially through deceit and cunning. Quevedo portrays with irony and sarcasm the Spanish society of the 17th century, its vices, hypocrisies and inequalities, in a satire taken to caricature.
Volume 22 of the Clásicos y Ensayos collection (Colección Aubí). Edition, introduction, bibliography and notes by Cecilio Alonso. First edition of 1980.
Recommended for readers of classics of Spanish literature and the Golden Age, as well as for those who enjoy satire, black humor and social criticism.
Escritor y poeta español del Siglo de Oro, maestro del conceptismo, autor de El Buscón y de una vastísima obra poética y satírica.
