Estudiando a Julio Ramón Ribeyro

This book is written in Spanish. This book is a study of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Spanish author don Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) during his stay at the Courts of Palermo and Naples (1613-1619) in the service of the Viceroy Duke of Osuna. Attention is paid particularly to his early knowledge of the works of the poet Marino, his role as protector of the Arts, and as intercessor on behalf of the philosopher Campanella. The second part of the book offers a detailed analysis of the author's writings during his Italian and post-Italian years as a result of his...

Libro que reúne por primera vez en español los textos teóricos del catalán Agustí Bartra producidos entre 1955 y 1982. Desde la insaciable curiosidad intelectual traducida en un vasto bagaje cultural que le sirvió de trasfondo a su obra poética, Bartra se ocupa aquí de temas como la epopeya de Gilgamesh o la poesía prehispánica; de clásicos modernos como Antonio Machado o T. S. Eliot, y de autores modernos como Saint-John Perse o Pablo Neruda. Textos que reflejan la idea del autor sobre la poesía como una escritura comprometida con el mundo presente, que no rompe los lazos con el...

An anthology of short stories from the Caribbean region that is unique in its trilingual nature; all of the stories appear in English, French and Spanish. The anthology includes stories from Guadeloupe (Gisele Pineau), Trinidad ( Shani Mootoo), Haiti (Yanick Lahens), Jamaica (Oliver Senior), Puerto Rico (Carmen Lugo Filippi ) and Cuba (Mirta Yanez).

Monterroso converts any memory into a theme for a story. In La vaca, the author filters daily experience until he obtains its essence. Through his talent for transforming life into a fable, he bestows on every creation the breath of simplicity with merciless and condescending humor. Once again and with sharp precision, Augusto Monterroso throws the darts of his wisdom in these twenty essays.