Lazarillo De Tormes
A Graphic Novel
University of Toronto Press · Print & ebook · April 6, 2021
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A graphic novel adaptation revisits the questions and fortunes surrounding a sixteenth-century literary classic.
- Genres
- Adapted Comics, Literary Graphic Novels, Iberian Lit Crit
- Published
- University of Toronto Press, April 6, 2021
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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."
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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.
Lazarillo Revisited
A graphic novel adaptation revisits the questions and fortunes surrounding a sixteenth-century literary classic.
Come here for
- A modern retelling of Lazarillo de Tormes in graphic novel form
- Questions about its anonymous author and Inquisition ban
Expect
- A translated, modern retelling of the anonymous work
- Questions about who read it and how it was understood
Where it sits
| Adapted Comics | 76% |
|---|---|
| Literary Graphic Novels | 52% |
| Iberian Lit Crit | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Graphic Novels
- Spanish & Portuguese History
- Iberian Lit Crit
- Books & Reading
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- 16th-Century Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Enriqueta Zafra, Jesús Mora
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Published
- April 6, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Graphic Novels