Female Beatness

Candela always passes in front of a house covered with vines on her way home from school. The old mansion has been abandoned for so long that it must be concealing some sort of mystery. She has kept her distance, fearfully quickening her pace, but today a disturbing detail has called her attention: the glass door to the first-floor balcony is ajar. And if that isn't enough, she also seems to hear a whispering voice. Is there someone in the house? Curiosity can be more powerful than fear, and Candela obeys her instinct and crosses the threshold to find out who--or what--is hiding within.

Il primo numero della rivista è stato pubblicato nel 1990 all’interno della collana “Studi di letteratura Ispanoamericana” diretta dal prof. Giuseppe Bellini dell’Università degli Studi di Milano. Dal fascicolo n. 9/2000 è rivista del Dipartimento di Scienze Linguistiche dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore sotto la Direzione del prof. Dante Liano, Ordinario di Lingua e letterature ispanoamericane nella medesima Università. «Centroamericana» tratta temi legati alla lingua, alla letteratura e alla cultura dei paesi del Centro America e delle Antille. Esce con due...

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