El enigma inaugural

Describes the author's experiences asn undocumented, illegal immigrant int he United States, chronicling his secret odyssey across the border, his struggle to build a new life amid the unwelcoming 'promise' of the United States, his work at an endless stream of menial jobs, and the people he meets along the way. (Biography)

Este libro reúne los diversos textos que escribió sor Lucía por obediencia entre 1935 y 1941 haciendo memoria de los acontecimientos vividos en Fátima y procurando detalles de la vida de sus primos, Francisco y Jacinta, en la actualidad ya canonizados. Se trata de cuatro cartas con su testimonio dirigidas al obispo de Leiria, y cuyos manuscritos originales se encuentran en los archivos de esa diócesis. Sor Lucía cuenta lo que ella y sus primos presenciaron y vivieron en las apariciones de la Virgen de 1917, y las previas del ángel. Es un texto que no ha perdido su frescura ni su alto...

José Martí (1853–1895) was the founding hero of Cuban independence. In all of modern Latin American history, arguably only the “Great Liberator” Simón Bolívar rivals Martí in stature and legacy. Beyond his accomplishments as a revolutionary and political thinker, Martí was a giant of Latin American letters, whose poetry, essays, and journalism still rank among the most important works of the region. Today he is revered by both the Castro regime and the Cuban exile community, whose shared veneration of the “apostle” of freedom has led to his virtual apotheosis as a national...

Collected here are journal entries culled from 18 notebooks that Allen Ginsberg kept during the 1950s and early 1960s, when he and his fellow Beat poets led an insurrection that profoundly altered the American literary and cultural landscapes. The diary notes, dreams, poems, reflections, and thoughts included in this book intimately illuminate Ginsberg's travels and his mental journeys. They reveal conversations with William Carlos Williams, drug experiences, a chance meeting with Dylan Thomas, stays in Mexico and the cities of San Francisco and New York, first impressions of Naked Lunch,...