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El narrador de esta novela, llamado, al igual que su autor, Juan Carlos Quezadas, se empeña en hacernos creer que lo que leemos no es una novela, sino una crónica, una relación de hechos verídicos. Todo comenzó cuando la editorial Jus le encargó que escribiera una novela de terror para incluirla en su catálogo. El problema fue que a Juan Carlos no se le ocurría nada. Nunca antes había escrito un libro de terror y no se sentía capaz de hacerlo. Por lo tanto, se presentó en la editorial para pedir una ampliación del plazo de entrega de su libro. No encontró a la editora y en vez de ...

Traducción y notas de J. L. García Ramón y J. García Blanco. Introducción general de J. García Blanco. Revisión: C. Serrano Aybar.

When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the...

Nicol�s Cabral's is one of the most singular voices in Latin American literature, and this book demonstrates his hypnotic and out of the ordinary style. The stories ebb from real to unreal, from earthly to fantastical. In addition, there's something rarely found in most contemporary writers: an aversion to the familiar and disdain for common places. La de Nicol�s Cabral es una de las voces m�s singulares de la nueva narrativa latinoamericana. Como en Cat�logo de formas, su primera novela, he aqu� una prosa construida mediante una inflexible depuraci�n y, al mismo tiempo, plural....

José Martí was barely 16 years old when he began to fight for the independence of his homeland through his writing. At 17 he was declared an enemy of Spain and sentenced to six years of prison and hard labor. But that did not stop him. Martí dedicated his life to defending Cuba's right to independence. Today he is remembered and honored as a man of integrity--brilliant and courageous--and as a lover of freedom and peace.