La vida del Buscon / The Swindler

Francisco De Quevedo

La vida del Buscon / The Swindler
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Clasicos
Country
Published
26 July 2016
Pages
272
ISBN
9788491050186

La vida del Buscon / The Swindler

Francisco De Quevedo

The best books ever written. Edition by Edmond Cros, professor emeritus of Spanish and Latin American Literature at the University in Montpellier.

The son of a thief and a witch, Pablos, the Swindler, begins to work for a rich young man, lives in Alcala in the court, and ends up traveling to America. Although its plot isn’t very different from other works in the genre, The Swindler isn’t your typical picaresque novel. The mastery of its writing, the vivacity and sarcasm in the description of characters and situations, the intelligent cruelty of its anecdotes make it a work that exceeds the limits of its genre, a picaresque novel that turns the archetype up a notch.

This edition includes an introduction that contextualizes the work, a system of notes, a timeline, and an essential bibliography, as well as several discussion and debate prompts based on the reading. It is under the care of Edmond Cros, professor emeritus at Paul Valery University in Montpellier.

When misfortunes begin for someone, it seems like they never stop, that they are linked together, and each one brings more.

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