Viaje a la Habana. La Condesa de Merlín

Literary Nonfiction. Spanish Language Text. Biography and memoir. Latino/Latina Studies. The long-awaited Spanish-language version of Trevino Hart's award-winning BAREFOOT HEART is a vivid account of growing up in a family of migrant farmworkers. This timely story based on Trevino Hart's own experiences starkly reveals the obstacles and challenges faced by field workers as they navigate a difficult life that is often in a hostile environment. CORAZÓN DESCALZO recounts how the author overcame adversity and disadvantage, discovered her true talents, and in the process found herself.

París, abril de 1936. Tras años de éxito arrollador a ambos lados del Atlántico, el matrimonio Prokófiev decide trasladarse a la Unión Soviética. Allí espera al compositor ruso el reconocimiento de un público entendido que, como él, ha sido formado en la edad de oro de la música rusa.La amenazante politización de la vida artística bajo el estalinismo acarrearía pronto a la familia Prokófiev consecuencias fatales. En 1948, Lina Prokófiev es arrestada, juzgada y finalmente condenada a veinte años de trabajos forzosos en el gulag. Cuando en 1974 abandona Moscú para siempre, es...

The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the essentials of Robert Browning's life and poetry. Drawing from his personal letters and from the diaries and memoirs of his contemporaries, this literary biography provides a wealth of information about the main events of his life, including the social, political, religious, and aesthetic issues that concerned him; it offers critical commentary defining the central characteristics of his poetry; and it tracks the changes in his reputation through contemporary reviews and the growth of the Browning...

Aunque no era una figura central de la generación beat, sino más bien un personaje secundario, Joyce Johnson -pareja de Jack Kerouac en aquella época- se convirtió, años después, en una de sus mejores cronistas.