by Fernando Quiñones · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420660486
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«La canción del pirata» is the picaresque novel by Fernando Quiñones, published by Alianza in paperback (488 pages, in Spanish).
In 1682, Juan Cantueso, imprisoned in Cádiz, recounts his eventful life to the bachelor Román de Irala. Son of a destitute woman and a cleric, his wanderings take him from Venice to Seville and to the Indies, where he allies with a Portuguese pirate and takes part in naval skirmishes. Back in Spain, he ends up in jail for a crime he did not commit.
It belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo - Literatura collection (no. 5088) and was a finalist for the Premio Planeta in 1983.
For readers of picaresque and historical fiction set in the 17th century, with adventure and social critique.
