by Mateo Alemán · S. A. de Promoción y Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477584445
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«Guzmán de Alfarache I» is the picaresque novel by Mateo Alemán, published by S. A. de Promoción y Ediciones in paperback, in Spanish.
The novel narrates in the first person the life of Guzmán de Alfarache, a pícaro of humble origin who serves several masters and travels through Golden Age Spain. His autobiographical account alternates misfortunes with moralizing reflections and offers a social critique that portrays the poverty, corruption, and hypocrisy of the era.
First volume of the Guzmán de Alfarache saga. The work was originally published in 1599; this edition is from 1992 and is part of the collection Grandes Maestros de la Literatura Española.
A work of Spanish Golden Age literature, for readers interested in the picaresque novel and in the social criticism of the period.
Mateo Alemán y del Nero was a Spanish novelist and writer.
