Border Crossings

Primera traducción íntegra al castellano del libro en el que Benjamin estuvo trabajando los últimos trece años de su vida. Una obra fundamental del pensamiento europeo del siglo XX.

Este abecedario es caprichoso, y nace del juego de dibujar letras, sin pensar en nada mas que en su forma y el gusto de trazarlas sobre el papel. Con esta idea, Isol creo cada imagen y al final penso en una breve frase que uniera a la letra con el dibujo, ¡pues las palabras son muy buenas como pegamento! Este abecedario es entonces un juego que propone un acercamiento poco convencional con las letras, y donde cada imagen se presenta ante el lector como el fragmento de una historia que necesita ser completada a traves de su mirada e imaginacion. ¡Pero las letras tambien son sonidos!; por eso ...

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...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...