by Fernando Fernán Gómez · Planeta. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432045158
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«Historias de la picaresca» is a book of historical anecdotes by Fernando Fernán Gómez, published by Planeta in paperback (205 pages, in Spanish).
A journey through human history via anecdotes, customs and roguish situations, from the Greek poets and imperial Rome to the Café Gijón in Madrid. Fernán Gómez brings together episodes featuring writers, kings, nobles and politicians, with stops in the Middle Ages, English drama and the picaresque of the 15th to 18th centuries.
The book belongs to the Memoria de la Historia collection and includes black-and-white photographs, plates and an index.
A book for readers interested in history, literature and curious anecdotes about famous figures.
Fernando Fernández Gómez, better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez, was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director, novelist, and playwright. Prolific in all these fields, he was elected member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1998. He was born in Lima, Peru while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America. He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924.
