by Benito Pérez Galdós · Punto de Lectura · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466306690
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«Torquemada en la hoguera» is the novel by Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (139 pages, in Spanish).
Francisco Torquemada, a ruthless moneylender in nineteenth-century Madrid, sees his life fall apart when his son Valentín, a young prodigy, falls gravely ill. Desperate, Torquemada tries to negotiate even with God; with a tone between compassion and irony, the novel shows his apparent conversion and offers a scathing critique of his era.
First novel in the «Torquemada» series by Benito Pérez Galdós, originally published in 1889.
A classic of nineteenth-century Spanish literature, for readers interested in the work of Benito Pérez Galdós and the narrative of his time.
