by Baltasar Gracián · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437602578
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«El Criticón» is the philosophical novel by Baltasar Gracián, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (816 pages, in Spanish).
«El Criticón» is a sustained allegory that weaves together narrative, doctrine, symbolic characters and social criticism to reflect on life and society in its time. The work combines fictional episodes with a philosophical and moral outlook, inviting a symbolic reading.
The edition of «El Criticón» annotated by Santos Alonso was published in 2004 in the Letras Hispánicas collection (no. 122). It follows the editio princeps, whose three parts appeared in 1651, 1653 and 1657.
Recommended for readers of Spanish classics and philosophical literature seeking a work of reflection on life and society.
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. He is best known for his book The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647), but his novel El Criticón (1651-57) is considered his greatest work.
