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A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism Susan Sontag was one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century. “The most interesting ideas are heresies,” she remarked, and indeed, her writing rejects the familiar and refuses party lines. On Women presents seven essays and exchanges, spanning a range of subjects: the challenges and humiliations women face as they age; the relationship between women’s liberation and class struggle; beauty, which Sontag...

Desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria, el presente volumen recoge artículos teóricos sobre la recepción del "Qujote" en sistemas culturales fuera del entorno hispánico, con especial atención a Europa Central.

Ofelia and Amoke appear to be complete opposites. The only things they have in common are an elderly, eccentric author named Virginia Wonnacott, the Hiraeth Association, and the feeling that something is missing from their lives. When Virginia offers Ofelia a job as her personal assistant, the lives of the two girls merge. Through conversations, used books, letters, and early morning Whatsapp messages, the girls discover a future they did not think existed as well as their feelings toward one another.

Las eternas “Fábulas de Bidpai”, reunidas hace unos 2.000 años en el Panchatantra traducidas desde Etiopía hasta China , y que inspiraron a autores tan diversos como Esopo, La Fontaine, Llull, y Chaucer, han sido retomadas por Ramsay Wood quien las vuelve a contar con un lenguaje moderno y divertido, respetuoso y energético.