Voltaire's Candide is one of world literature's greatest works. Here it is presented as an “illustrated book” but not in the conventional sense, with the established order for this type of edition being subverted. Rather than the illustrations being
interspersed within the text, it is the space following the end of  the novel –page 86– that is set aside for retelling the same story, but this time reinterpreted in the form of images, using the magical paintings of Oscar Astromujoff. The lovingly executed translation by José Ramón Monreal and the high quality of the introduction by two outstanding experts, Fernando Savater and Pedro Azara, are all brought together to make this edition unique.