El dolor del faraón

Mi vestido verde esmeralda by Alister Ramirez Marquez recounts the life story of Clara, born poor in isolated, rural Colombia in 1900, who makes her way, after a mythic journey through forests, mountains and swamps to the western region of the Quindio, to the city of Armenia, now the heart of coffee and banana production. This remarkable novel, first published in 2003, is the tale of Clara's adventurous journey and subsequent rise to prosperity as the owner of a farm and restaurant and mother of six, ending with years of political strife and the dissolution of her family. The novel provides...

El "último sentido de lo trágico es la esperanza, aunque la obra describa desesperaciones. Somos, querámoslo o no, animales esperanzados", dice Buero Vallejo. Uno es siempre el propósito de su teatro: que el hombre abrumado por su carga de libertad y de pecado aprenda a superar el dolor sin negar su sordidez.Este mandato de Esperanza preside, en efecto, toda la trayectoria personal de Antonio Buero. ¿Mantiene idéntico compromiso en el ámbito concreto de cada una de sus obras dramáticas? Este ensayo persigue constatar sí, efectivamente, está declaración de intenciones invade, sin...

"Entre naranjos" de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez de la Editorial Good Press. Good Press publica una gran variedad de títulos que abarca todos los géneros. Van desde los títulos clásicos famosos, novelas, textos documentales y crónicas de la vida real, hasta temas ignorados o por ser descubiertos de la literatura universal. Editorial Good Press divulga libros que son una lectura imprescindible. Cada publicación de Good Press ha sido corregida y formateada al detalle, para elevar en gran medida su facilidad de lectura en todos los equipos y programas de lectura electrónica. Nuestra meta es la ...

In a house he is restoring, builder Don Lark meets a woman squatter who turns out to be a ghost. But Sylvie Delaney does not realize she is a ghost, thinking she is alive. Lark learns she was murdered and goes searching for the killer. As he sinks his teeth into his new project, Lark's new neighborhood starts to work its charms on him. He strikes up a romance with the real estate agent who sold him the house. His neighbors, two charming, chatty old ladies, ply him endlessly with delicious Southern cooking. Even Sylvie, the squatter Lark was once desperate to evict from the old house, is now...