La verdad sospechosa

First published in 1900 Uruguay, Ariel is Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. Though Rodó protested the interpretation, his allegorical conflict between Ariel, the lover of beauty and truth, and Caliban, the evil spirit of materialism and positivism, has come to be regarded as a metaphor for the conflicts and cultural differences between Latin America and the United States. Generations of statesmen, intellectuals, and literary figures have been formed by this book, either in championing...

El poemario está conformado por cuatro secciones en las que el autor clasifica el reino vegetal en árboles, flores, comestibles y plantas. El carácter descriptivo de los poemas acerca el libro a un compendio de botánica al presentar los distintos elementos vegetales, sus relaciones con el ser humano y los efectos que producen en el medio que los rodea. Asimismo, la obra poética se ilustra con la obra gráfica de Sandra Pani.

This novel is unique in the time period. Written in Spanish, by a French author, and published in Paris, the title (Deceits of this World) relates to a well-established genre wherein literature and morality were intertwined. Loubayssin writes with irony and wit. It is delicately erotic, a feature that cannot be found in its Spanish counterparts, due to the repressive censorship in Spain at that time. - In Spanish.

"Cuervo es negro. Negro como el carbón. Tan negro que da miedo. Pero, ahora, Cuervo tiene planes."--Publisher's description.