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A los trabajos que sobre la 11 República española ha publicado Santos Juliá se añade ahora este libro que obtuvo el premio “Ortega y Gasset” Villa de Madrid (1982). En él se intenta reconstruir minuciosamente el proceso y los determinantes que convirtieron la fiesta popular con que Madrid celebró la instauración de la República en el abierto enfrentamiento de clases que caracterizó la vida madrileña durante el invierno de 1933-34. A la par, y por el hecho de reconstruir este proceso en un espacio reducido -una ciudad- aunque sumamente significativo -Madrid-, el autor propone un...

Un recorrido fascinante por la edad de oro de la cultura rusa, por el autor de Los europeos. En una escena de Guerra y paz, la condesa Natasha, educada en Europa, escucha una danza folclórica rusa e instintivamente se lanza a bailar. Este emocionante momento literario con el que arranca El baile de Natasha simboliza las sensibilidades y los impulsos compartidos y a menudo contradictorios que dieron lugar a una de las culturas más deslumbrantes del mundo. En esta obra maestra, Orlando Figes explora con elegancia, rigor y un maravilloso talento narrativo las poderosas y complejas fuerzas...

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