Publicada por Nabokov al cumplir sus setenta años, "Ada o el ardor" supone el felicísimo apogeo de su larga y brillante carrera literaria. Al mismo tiempo que crónica familiar e historia de amor (incestuoso), Ada es un tratado filosófico sobre...
La historia se desarrolla a lo largo del río Misisipi, el cual recorren Huck y el esclavo prófugo Jim, huyendo del pasado que han sufrido con el propósito de llegar a Ohio. Detalles idiosincráticos de la sociedad sureña como el racismo y la...
Supongo que se podrá ganar dinero cogiendo textos cuyos derechos ya han caducado y publicándolos a bajo precio con un mínimo de gasto editorial: sin diseño, sin revisiones e incluso sin índice. No es una crítica -no del todo- gracias a esto me...
In 1927, Manuel Rojas published his first significant collection of short stories, Hombres del sur (Men of the South), which included his short story "El vaso de leche." It is one of Rojas' best known and most widely anthologized tales.
"El vaso...
From Publishers Weekly
In 1948, a 12-year-old boy named Fintan is sailing to Africa with his Italian mother to live with the British father he doesn't remember. At times, this French novel paints too precious a picture of the young Fintan and his...
This is the Spanish text edition of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize winning novel that is still a standout today. Deceptive in its simplicity, it is a story built around a flawed human being and a teetering socio-economic system, as well as one that is...