El libro de los saberes

Hija ilegítima de un vendedor ambulante, huérfana de madre, educada en un orfanato por unas monjas que la enseñaron a coser; su temperamento inquieto y su instinto para la confección le abrieron las puertas del selecto mundo de la moda.

First published in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes was destined to beget a whole new genre, the so-called picaresque novel. Its great popularity may be attributed largely to its daring autobiographical form, which allows the reader to observe the magnificent, conquering Spain of Charles the Fifth through the inner consciousness of a humble figure called Lazarus, whose name, perhaps, comes from the poor leper mentioned in the Gospels. The Lazarillo is the first literary expression of a feeling basic to the very existence of the Spanish people, especially since the fifteenth century: they were what...

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Con este libro, doy nacimiento, a una veta de escritora que tenía guardada dentro de mí, y que, por falta de tiempo, no había podido hacerlo. Es el producto de muchas madrugadas de repasar una vida llena de alegrías y tristezas, de compromisos y sacrificios, para lograr hoy muchas metas propuestas. En este libro, narro las barreras, sacrificios y dolores que he tenido que romper y sobrellevar para lograr muchas metas. Quiero con el nacimiento de esta obra poder ayudar a todos los que, en la vida, se les han cerrado sus caminos o que no creen que los sueños y las metas son posibles. Es,...