by Francisco de Quevedo · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432040429
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«Historia de la vida del Buscón llamado Don Pablos» is the picaresque novel by Francisco de Quevedo, published by Planeta in paperback (177 pages, in Spanish).
Pablos, son of a thieving barber and a woman suspected of witchcraft, leaves home to make his way in life. He enters Diego's service, suffers hunger in the house of Licentiate Cabra, and goes through various trades and deceits to rise socially. The novel satirizes the hypocrisy, violence, and false appearances of seventeenth-century Spain.
Classic work of the Golden Age, originally published in 1626. This 1989 edition includes editing by Fernando Lázaro Carreter and a prologue, notes, and bibliography by Antonio Gargano.
Aimed at readers of Spanish classics and students of Golden Age literature.
