by Diego de Torres Villarroel · Signo Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788487507748
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«Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras» is the autobiography of Diego de Torres Villarroel (Signo Editores, paperback, 200 pages, in Spanish).
Diego de Torres Villarroel reviews his life from childhood to maturity: picaresque episodes, travels, jobs and misfortunes are linked with an ironic look at 18th-century Spain. The work is considered the starting point of the fictionalized autobiography in Spanish and combines the personal with reflection on customs and the human condition.
Work originally published in 1743. This edition, in the Clásicos de la literatura española collection, includes an introduction and notes by Carlos Soria.
For readers interested in 18th-century Spanish literature and the origins of the fictionalized autobiography.
Diego de Torres Villarroel was a Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, doctor, mathematician, priest and professor of the University of Salamanca. His most famous work is his autobiography, Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras del Doctor Don Diego de Torres Villarroel.
