by Eduardo Alonso González · EDICIONES SM · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434881006
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«Palos de ciego» is the picaresque novel by Eduardo Alonso González, published by EDICIONES SM in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Set in 16th-century Spain, the novel follows a blind man and his guide as they beg for alms in the streets. Amid jokes, misunderstandings, romantic adventures and chases, the protagonists cross paths with a varied gallery of characters who portray the society of the time with humor.
The novel is the fourth title in the Plus collection from EDICIONES SM; this edition was published in 2005.
Aimed at readers aged 14 to 18, with humor and adventures set in a historical context.
Eduardo Alonso González is a Spanish writer. He was born in Murias de Aller in 1944. He graduated from the University of Oviedo, and has lived in Valencia for decades, where he teaches language and literature. He is a regular contributor to newspapers like La Nueva España and Levante. He has published more than a dozen novels and has won several literary awards, among them the 1980 Villa de Bilbao Prize for El mar inmovil, the 1986 Azorín Award for El insomnio de una noche de invierno and the 1996 Gabriel Miró short story award for Los Estorninos.
