Montajes y fragmentos

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...

Fluido, fugaz, entretenido y reflexivo, así es Ilegal, el primer libro de Camila Sanabria, un relato que nos coloca en la posición de un joven profesor de filosofía y una estudiante de bachillerato muy perspicaz, ávida por leer y escribir. Extraordinariamente, el amor, la inocencia, los sentimientos encontrados sobre las relaciones y la escritura, además de las diferencias de edades —pero también sus semejanzas— hacen de este libro una obra sutilmente alegre. Una pregunta debe hacerse el lector al momento de recordar al amor en su lectura y su vida: ¿acaso los jóvenes de...

Tres intelectuales que trabajan en una editorial de Milán, establecen, por razones en un primer momento profesionales, relaciones demasiado estrechas con autores que se interesan por las ciencias ocultas, las sociedades secretas y las conjuras cósmicas. Inventan, por puro juego, un complejo 'plan', urdido supuestamente por los templarios hace siete siglos y mantenido hasta hoy. Pero alguien tomará en serio este juego y se verán inmersos en una alucinante pesadilla.

An unidentified sinner's soul is put into the body of a 14-year old boy who tried to commit suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. The twist is that in order to get the chance to be reincarnated in his next life, the sinner must find out and realize what sin he committed during his own life, which apparently has something to do with the young boy whose body he inhabits. As he lives the pitiful life of a miserable teenager who was good at art but was going through the "worst day of his life," the sinner struggles to find the connections between him and this boy while living the boy's...