by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
First published 1998
In these dazzling novellas, Cervantes blends swashbuckling plots, comic absurdity, and moral ambiguity. A nobleman disguises himself to woo a gypsy girl. Young delinquents discover a criminal brotherhood modeled on a religious order. A jealous old man imprisons his child-bride, trapped between convent and seraglio. A glass-man law graduate goes mad. Talking dogs philosophize on human folly. Cervantes's boundless imagination takes readers on a wild ride, where the extraordinary and ordinary intermingle with captivating results.
Genres: fiction, classic-literature, literary-fiction, historical-fiction
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: social-satire, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Spain
312 pages · Paperback · Ediciones Cátedra