Breve historia de la literatura argentina

El autor ofrece un panorama de la literatura negra occidental desde sus orígenes en el siglo XIX con Poe y Doyle y la obra de los autores norteamericanos (Hammett y Chandler) hasta la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX, para inscribir, en esta larga tradición, a la literatura colombiana contemporánea. De este modo, Forero Quintero expone cinco perspectivas de análisis de la obra de algunos escritores colombianos emblemáticos con sus propias representaciones literarias de la anomia: el monstruo en "El capítulo de Ferneli", de Hugo Chaparro Valderrama; el mito en "Leopardo al sol",...

Templesmith y Ellis, juntos por primera vez en un proyecto tan inclasificable como incontestable. Warren Ellis (The Authority, Planetary) y Ben Templesmith (Singularity 7, Wormwood) nos traen la historia de Richard Fell, un detective de homicidios venido a menos, que busca empezar de nuevo su vida personal y profesional. Snowtown es una ciudad fundada por maníacos donde nada parece tener sentido y todo el mundo esconde algo. Incluso él.

Making a pact with the devil is not as easy as it looks. On one hand, you get fame and fortune for over 800 years, but, on the other hand, you have to become a vengeful being willing to condemn yourself to a lifetime of servitude. Prosper will try to avoid this by returning the devil Alastor to his world before he destroys her family. In order to accomplish this, she will have to avoid numerous traps, tricks, and Alastor's wicked sense of humor with only the help of her Uncle Barnabas, a witch's apprentice, and a cat with bat wings.

The book, unique in its kind, includes a total of 28 writers representative of 13 different Latin American countries, from those who are part of the canon such as Isabel Allende, Gioconda Belli, Liliana Heker, Nancy Morejon, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Alfonsina Storni, Gabriela Mistral, and Julia de Burgos to emergent voices, such as Cecilia Bustamante, Rosina Valcarcel, and Gladys Ilarregui. This anthology will be the perfect text to give an overview of contemporary poetry and short story by leading Latin American women writers. The range of countries...