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Cuba 1959
Novela. Ficción Histórica
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 12, 2013
CUBA 1959 is a fictional novel written in the Spanish language that recounts the determination and success of a group of young Cubans resisting against Fidel Castro's takeover of the island on January 1, 1959. Their political organization, the Brigada de Accion Popular manages to escape Castro's vindictive...
The Monstered Self
Narratives of Death and Performance in Latin American Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Viewing stories and novels from an ethnographic perspective, Eduardo González here explores the relationship between myth, ritual, and death in writings by Borges, Vargas Llosa, Cortázar, and Roa Bastos. He then weaves this analysis into a larger cultural fabric composed of the works of Chaucer,...
by Ricardo Sigala
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 25, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 25, 2019
Un buen lector —según Tzvetan Todorov— es un escritor pasivo: escribe en su mente un nuevo libro, su libro, construido a partir del diálogo entre lo que lee y lo que sabe, respeta, cree, ama, anhela. En Extraño oficio, Ricardo Sigala pone en papel el diálogo que ha establecido con diversos...
I And I
Epitaphs for the Self in the Work of V.S. Naipaul, Kamau Brathwaite and Derek Walcott
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
V.S. Naipaul, Kamau Brathwaite and Derek Walcott constitute the crest of the wave of West Indian literary achievement that began to build in the 1950s and 1960s. The author's essays trace and celebrate the unique relationships the three writers forged with each other and with their Caribbean readers over the course of their careers.
Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala, Fourth Edition
A Historical Geography of the Cuchumatán Highlands, 1500-1839
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala examines the impact of Spanish conquest and colonial rule on the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, a frontier region of Guatemala adjoining the country’s northwestern border with Mexico. While Spaniards penetrated and left an enduring mark on the region, the vibrant...
Ficción adulterada
Pasiones ilícitas del entresiglo venezolano
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Para quienes piensan la novela latinoamericana de fines del XIX como novela fundacional donde se constituyen, en estrecho diálogo, literatura y nación, Ficción adulterada de Nathalie Bouzaglo representa un desafío. No es novedad que el adulterio abunda, como tema literario, en la ficción...
Entre dos mundos
La condesa de Merlín o la retórica de la mediación
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 15, 2013
El presente libro es el resultado de un largo y minucioso estudio sobre la obra cubana de María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, condesa Merlin, llevado a cabo por la profesora Susanna Regazzoni, prestigiosa especialista en literatura latinoamericana y autora de numerosas publicaciones. Ofrece,...
Los espíritus de la ciencia ficción
Espiritismo, periodismo y cultura popular en las novelas de Eduardo Holmberg, Francisco Miralles y Pedro Castera
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This book examines the development of Latin American science fiction from the mid-nineteenth century until the early days of Modernsmo via an in-depth discussion of the first three novels published in Spanish America: Viaje maravilloso del senor Nic-Nac al planeta Marte by Argentinian writer Eduardo...
by Njord Kane
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
The Mystery of Maya Math Code is solved and simplified! Presented in a manner that is not long winded by explaining centuries of theories regarding ancient mathematics, Maya philosophy, and history. This book jumps straight into the Maya mathematical system in a simplified and easy to understand...
Parallel Worlds
Genre, Discourse, and Poetics in Contemporary, Colonial, and Classic Maya Literature
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Despite recent developments in epigraphy, ethnopoetics, and the literary investigation of colonial and modern materials, few studies have compared glyphic texts and historic Maya literatures. Parallel Worlds examines Maya writing and literary traditions from the Classic period until today, revealing...
Broken Souths
Latina/o Poetic Responses to Neoliberalism and Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Broken Souths offers the first in-depth study of the diverse field of contemporary Latina/o poetry. Its innovative angle of approach puts Latina/o and Latin American poets into sustained conversation in original and rewarding ways. In addition, author Michael Dowdy presents ecocritical readings that...
Clásicos latinoamericanos Vol. I
Para una relectura del canon. El siglo XIX. Vol. I
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Simón Bolívar, Andrés Bello, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Rubén Darío y José Martí son las cinco figuras que Grínor Rojo elige tratar en este volumen, dedicado a la escritura clásica producida en América Latina durante el siglo XIX. Teniendo como centro de gravedad en cada uno de estos...
Todos los mundos posibles
Una geografía de Daniel Guebel
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 1, 2016
La publicación de un libro que celebra la obra de Daniel Guebel (1956, Buenos Aires) supone una ironía imperdonable: condenarlo a ser un pésimo escritor. El mismo Guebel, hace ya varios años, advertía una ecuación curiosa en la que aseguraba que cuánto mejor era un escritor, peores eran sus...
Clásicos latinoamericanos Vol. II
Para una relectura del canon. El siglo XX. Vol. II
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
José Enrique Rodó, Mário y Oswald de Andrade, Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel García Márquez y Julieta Kirkwood son los autores de que trata este segundo volumen de los Clásicos latinoamericanos de Grínor Rojo, el dedicado al siglo XX. Como en el volumen que se ocupó del XIX, cada...