Rinconete y Cortadillo

Written by: Raquel Garcia Prieto
ISBN13: 9788853615831, ISBN10: 8853615834
Rinconete y Cortadillo is a picaresque portrait of criminal activity at the time of Cervantes. Rincón and Cortado, two vagrant boys, meet one summer day. Then, they go on a trip to the city of Seville. The boys visit the home of the master of thieves, who looks them over and then welcomes them into the brotherhood, assigning them the names of Rinconete and Cortadillo. Rinconete: card tricks, Cortadillo: bag thief.