Comics & Graphic Novels Literary
Lazarillo de Tormes
A Graphic Novel
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2021
- Category
- Literary, Spain & Portugal, Books & Reading, 16th Century, Spanish & Portuguese
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781487529383
- Publish Date
- Apr 2021
- List Price
- $24.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781487529376
- Publish Date
- Apr 2021
- List Price
- $50.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487529406
- Publish Date
- Apr 2021
- List Price
- $20.95
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Description
This is the first graphic novel adaptation of Lazarillo de Tormes, an anonymous sixteenth-century work that is credited with founding the literary genre of the picaresque novel. This genre includes not only works by Spanish authors like Miguel de Cervantes but also famous novels in English and American literature featuring the "anti-hero."
This translated and modern retelling of Lazarillo de Tormes offers a new approach to old questions about a book that has puzzled readers and critics alike for centuries. Who was its mysterious author? Why did the Inquisition forbid this seemingly harmless book? Who read the book and how was it understood? These and other questions are recreated in the graphic novel, offering a broader vision of the fortunes and adversities of a book that against all odds became a literary classic.
About the authors
Enriqueta Zafra is an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Ryerson University.
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Jesús Mora is a Mexican-Canadian artist and illustrator based in Toronto.