Nadie puede juzgar al arte. Reflexión sobre los límites o la ausencia de ellos entorno a la literatura

To complement the historical survey, a brief description of the social environment in Los Angeles is included. In addition, a short presentation on how the Spanish printing press and newspapers evolved in America is presented to show how these two processes contributed to the literary and cultural background of this ethnic group.

The five novels written by Juan José Millás between 1988 and 1998 (El desorden de tu nombre; La soledad era esto, Volver a casa; Tonto, muerto, bastardo e invisible; and El orden alfabético) display an increasing preoccupation with a limited number of themes, principally identity and social criticism. They also demonstrate the constant reiteration of a specific group of motifs, an increasing use of metafictional devices, and the use of bizarre or mentally disturbed protagonists. Millás presents writing as the compulsive expression of obsessive thought. This book explains Millás's...

I am Sausal Creek/Soy el Arroyo Sausal is a bilingual children's book about the environmental and cultural history of Oakland told through the voice of a local waterway, Sausal Creek.

"Al gran oso le gustaría jugar en el paeque. Pero no con los niños. Quiere todo para él solo: columpio, laberinto, todo. Y como en mucho más fuerte que los niños, puede naturalmente, impedirles jugar. Sin embargo, cuando está sentado en el balancín, necesita a alguien en el otro extremo" -- Page 4 of cover.