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Annotation Between 1605 and 1621, Quevedo wrote a sequence of five "Dreams" or "Visions" "(Suenos y discursos), in each of which he hilariously envisions Spanish society as populated by people rightfully condemned to Hell. These astonishingly witty and irreverent satires of contemporary Spanish culture, morality, prejudice and religious fanaticism, were composed in a style as allusive, elliptical and equivocal as to successfully entertain both those who barely understood their full range and import, and others who celebrated the poet's rebellious insinuations. Censorship prohibited the...

La elegancia, la claridad y la agudeza de estas páginas deleitarán tanto a los fieles seguidores de James Salter como a los que se acerquen a su obra por primera vez. En estas tres conferencias dictadas en la Universidad de Virginia a los ochenta y nueve años, pocos meses antes de morir, James Salter desmenuza los aspectos esenciales de su oficio con el mismo tono íntimo y directo tan apreciado por los amantes de la buena literatura. Rememorando sus libros y autores predilectos -entre ellos, Madame Bovary, los cuentos de Bábel, Céline o Faulkner-, Salter desgrana los desafíos que...

The story of a small French town during the 19th century. When a beautiful young woman moves into an old run down house, strange things start to happen.

LA MANO QUE ESCRIBE: Literatura, arte y pensamiento FIRST NATIONAL ESSAY AWARD 2008 OF THE PEN CLUB OF PUERTO RICO BY: ZOÉ JIMÉNEZ CORRETJER THE HAND THAT WRITES: Literature, Art and Thought This collection of essays include studies from medieval to contemporary literature in Spain and the Americas. Topics are focused in a philosophical, symbolical, and anthropological perspectives. Some essays cover the history of women philosophers, language and linguistics, sephardic studies, aesthetics, medieval misticism, and feminism... The title of the book was inspired by the special object named...