Candela y el misterio de la puerta entreabierta

Debido a la escasez y falta de difusión de la literatura escrita por mujeres bolivianas, muy pocos lectores en el mundo han tenido la oportunidad de conocerla. Con este ejemplar se introduce por primera vez el mundo literario boliviano por medio de entrevistas a algunas de las autoras más significativas de este país. Es de mucha importancia mostrar la vida de las mujeres tal como la presentan en su literatura; además es imprescindible conocer a autoras que escriben actualmente porque su escritura refleja a menudo las realidades de la época, sean éstas socio-políticas o personales. En...

The characters of The Walking Dead live in a desolate post-apocalyptic world, filled with relentless violence and death. In reality, how would such never-ending stress and trauma affect the psyche? By understanding the psychological forces that drive the series' action, viewers can better appreciate it.

This book analyzes, conceptualizes and historicizes the amateur translator figure as political and cultural agent in US-Latin American relations, from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. Centered on the work of two US-American translators, Alice Stone Blackwell and Isaac Goldberg, it is the first study to offer a modern history of the amateur translator as subject of resistance and cultural mediator between the two regions.

To complement the historical survey, a brief description of the social environment in Los Angeles is included. In addition, a short presentation on how the Spanish printing press and newspapers evolved in America is presented to show how these two processes contributed to the literary and cultural background of this ethnic group.