Mano Santa

Para ahuyentar el tedio que padece desde la muerte de su marido, una mujer de mediana edad decide dejar la casa de campo donde ha vivido durante años y trasladarse a la ciudad. Chabacana, mandona y sumamente quisquillosa, sobre todo en lo que respecta a sus hijas, traba amistad con la enigmática Scilla, y pronto las dos mujeres planean abrir juntas una galería de arte. Sin embargo, la aparente seguridad de la protagonista, que se diría bordea la soberbia, no la libra de ciertas decepciones... Una de las obras más celebradas de Ginzburg, llena del humor, la perspicacia y el irrenunciable...

"A few years after its liberation from the brutality of French colonial rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of even greater brutality under the reign of King Henri-Christophe, who was born a slave in Grenada but rose to become the first black king in the Western Hemisphere. In prose of often dreamlike coloration and intensity, Alejo Carpentier records the destruction of the black regime--built on the same corruption and contempt for human life that brought down the French while embodying the same hollow grandeur of false elegance, attained only through slave labor--in an orgy of voodoo, race ...

Ever wondered to yourself who "They" are? Well, I have asked myself that very question for years. Have you ever been in a conversation and someone will say something like, "They say it's going to rain tomorrow". Well, who the heck are They? Are They some type of authority on the subject? Are They just people giving their opinions? Who are They and where do They come from? Over the past year, I have consulted with many friends, family members, and colleagues to investigate the mystery of "They" and what I have found may entertain you. I have compiled a list of 100 They Say... anecdotes for you ...

Tal vez un día quise ser un hombre bueno, pero para ese entonces yo era ya un laberinto con demasiadas habitaciones a oscuras... Figuras humanas ofrece un intermedio lírico, compuesto por poemas. Queda claro: Luis Jorge Boone asume riesgos; cree en la palabra. La prosa de Luis Jorge Boone le ha ganado importantes premios literarios, y este libro es un refrendo de su calidad. Boone sabe trabajar con las palabras y construir historias, en el caso de los cuentos que integran este volumen, todas trazadas a partir de elementos cotidianos y de una aparente "normalidad". El lector encontrará...