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This is the first collection of criticism on Mario Benedetti's work published in Spanish covering his literary works, the major themes of his writing, cinematic interpretations of his works, and his political commitments.

En 1984, un joven estudiante víctima de un grave accidente coincide en una clínica del sur de Francia con un camboyano, superviviente de la época de los Jemeres Rojos. Decididos a desafiar los pronósticos más pesimistas y dar lo mejor de sí mismos, se ayudan mutuamente, luchan y vencen en un combate lleno de valor, y también de compasión, que nos lleva de Montpellier a Nueva York, de Phnom Penh a Jaipur y más tarde a Barcelona; un combate que es una lección de esperanza que arroja luz sobre la sorprendente capacidad de los seres humanos para sobrevivir y hacer frente a la adversidad ...

Mariselle Melendez studies the dynamics of colonial subject identity construction as elaborated in the exemplary eighteenth-century travel book, El lazarillo de ciegos caminantes (A Guide for Inexperienced Travelers ). She analyzes elements of race and gender to argue that they become essential parts of the colonialist project which the author articulates throughout his travel diary by means of the voices of his two narrators: the Spanish Visitador Alonso Carrio de la Vandera and his companion and amanuensis, Calixto Bustamente Carlos Inca. Melendez shows how racial and cultural hybridity...

There was much excitement on the small mountain farm. All the animals were waiting for the new horse to be brought in. They expected him to be snow-white, tall and thin. When the trailer with the horse arrived at the farm, Katja the Cow saw him. The animals were convinced that they would meet a unicorn. But would they?