Fabliaux III

Según lo señala el mismo autor, “este no es un libro de historia de la literatura, ni de crítica literaria, como tampoco un texto didáctico. No se hallará, pues, aquí un estudio completo ni de la poesía, ni de la novela, ni del teatro, ni del ensayo entre nosotros, sino, descartado todo lo anterior, lo que resta”. Esta obra, en la que Ramón Illán Bacca despliega su particular estilo narrativo, la integran una serie de estudios académicos, crónicas y artículos realizados en diferentes fechas y con diversos fines, a los que les une el tema de la vida literaria en Barranquilla...

An examination of the novels of Jose Luis Castillo-Puche that specifically deal with the religious ideal and his experience of the religious seminary. The study of the novels of the Trilogia de la Liberacion is preceded by an introduction which looks at the connection between the author's life and his literature and also certain features of narrative style.

This is an essay in which rust and idleness become the first reason and the last sense of life. The new work by Fanadelli tries to answer the questions that obsess its author: Why do we live in such an absolutely hopeless time? How do men squashed by modernity and the archetypal structures of culture can coexist and relate to each other? How do the different paths identify among themselves, how can those of us who surrender the loads that others support identify ourselves and face the world? Ensayo en el que la herrumbre y la vagancia se vuelven el primer motivo y el ltimo sentido de la vida. ...

"This new English translation of Canaima should be welcomed by all readers of Gallegos. In addition to Kirkland's translation (based on Charles Minguet's 1991 critique of the novel in Spanish), work contains his engaging and provocative translator's essay