“The Book of Lazaro de Tormes” is the conventional name of a cycle of works united by one hero, which is based on “The Life of Lazarillo...”, published anonymously in the mid-16th century - a story about the fate of a boy who inevitably becomes the most resourceful rogue in a cruel the fight against poverty and hunger. The story was published at the height of the Spanish Inquisition and was later banned by the Catholic Church. And it is not surprising, because this story refuted the generally accepted value system of the era of Charles V: blind adherence to the “code of honor,” ostentatious heroism, hypocritical observance of religious rituals. Subsequently, it gave birth to a colossal literary tradition and became the most important milestone in the history of world literature, one of the most striking works of Renaissance literature. It was this story that was destined to become the work from which both the Spanish picaresque novel and, more broadly, the European novel of the New Age began. nor world literature as a whole is unthinkable without this text. Multi-perspective and polyphonic, the Toledo town crier, affectionately nicknamed Lazarillo, is rightfully recognized as a national archetype and has taken a place on a par with the most prominent hero of Spanish literature, the cunning hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha. The trilogy about the life and adventures of Lazarillo is published in Russian in full for the first time: the first part - with restored banknotes, the second and third - in translations specially made for this edition. The book reproduces classic illustrations by Maurice Leloir, as well as a rare edition of the first Russian translation of "Lazarillo" (1775), although marked by some liberties, but filled with the richest and most delicious Russian language, and therefore representing an independent value. Recommended to the widest circle of readers.