A fresh take on the history of Spain's most important writers and books
With a blend of profound erudition and critical wit, following decades of reading and writing on world literature, Toni Montesinos tackles the history of Spanish literature without prejudice and by dispelling myths. From the earliest works in the Castilian language right up to the present century, this book offers a journey as dazzling as it is insightful through works and authors to be proud of: above all, the Golden Age, whose genius we need more than ever, as well as the greatest literary figure of all time, Miguel de Cervantes. For this book revisits the literary past, bringing it into dialogue with our present, whilst also highlighting the current decline of literature, the negligence of historians and critics, the lack of artistic rigour on the part of writers, and the transformation of the book into a mere commercial product. A critical history, an account of the country's literary evolution penned by a great critic and writer, Toni Montesinos. The work forms part of a series of histories that El Desvelo Ediciones is undertaking, which began with German literature and continued with Argentine and Nordic literature.

Toni Montesinos (Barcelona, 1972) has been a literary critic for La Razón since 2000, as well as editor of Qué Leer and a contributor to Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, La Vanguardia and El País. Author of more than fifty books across various genres, he has also edited or written forewords for works by a dozen Spanish, Latin American and Anglo-Saxon writers. He won the 11th Amado Alonso International Literary Criticism Prize.