| Publication |
Madrid, Sociedad General Espanola de Libreria, 2009.
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| Description |
120pBlack spine
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| Series |
Literatura Hispanica de Facil Lectura
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| Summary/Abstract |
'El Buscon', a model for hobos and mirror of misers,is a picaresque novel by Francisco de Quevedo. It was written around 1604 and published in 1626 by a press in Zaragoza (without Quevedo's permission, though it had circulated in manuscript form previous to that.
Pablos sets out in life with two aims: to learn virtue and to become a caballero (gentleman). He fails miserably at both. El Buscón has been considered a profound satire on Spanish life, but also as a literary exercise for Quevedo, in that he was able to utilize word-play and verbal flourishes and his skill as a literary caricaturist. El Buscón also propounds the notion that children of parents without honor will never be able to achieve honor themselves.
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| Standard Number |
9788497783309 Pb.
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