Sobre mi hija

For some, Evita was a goddess, a queen, and a patron mother; for others she was a social climber, and a crazy and ordinary analphabet; her body is the protagonist of this novel. This book tells the impressive and absurd story of the peregrinations of Evita's perfectly embalmed corpse across oceans and in and out of Peronists' hands.A superb craftsman, Mr. Martinez moves through stories of Evita's life and deathand the peregrinations of her body? with a dazzling array of literary devices, including imagined interviews and memoirs, even fake screenplays.... he affirms his place among Latin...

Hipólito G. Navarro es uno de los cuentistas más destacados en el panorama actual de la literatura española. Su desbordante imaginación, su humor inteligente, su virtuosismo expresivo y una capacidad de innovación en el género poco común lo han convertido en referente ineludible de la narrativa breve en castellano. Los relatos aquí seleccionados por Javier Sáez de Ibarra ofrecen al lector una magnífica oportunidad para introducirse en el mundo verdaderamente rico, insólito y deslumbrante del autor andaluz. "Cuando parecía imposible crear algo nuevo en el cuento, Navarro reinventa...

A young Australian travelling for academic purposes in Europe visits a monastery in Spain and is waylaid by an old man selling his produce by the roadside at a nearby war cemetery. He innocently asks about the massive eucalypt trees in the monastery grounds and is then entranced by the old man and the story he tells of their history which weaves together the secret 16th-century exploration of Terra Australis, the Emperor Charles V, the dedication of a botanist, fundamentals of gardening and the wonder of Nature. "I found myself translating a story written by someone I hardly knew, about some...

Esta edición contiene además los siguientes artículos: El manuscrito musical de la Novena : un documento excepcional / Antonio Álvarez Cañibano. La música en la Cofradía de Nuestra Señora de la Novena / Luis Robledo Estaire. El manuscrito de música teatral de la Congregación de Nuestra Señora de la Novena. Su música, su carácter y su entorno cultural / Louise K. Stein