Blanco, de Octavio Paz, o la estética de la evanescencia

"El mapache Morris puede realizar hazañas asombrosas y mapachísimas, pero esta vez tiene que adivinar un secreto ¡y no tiene pistas! Sus amigos no parecen dispuestos a ayudarle y el bosque se ha convertido en un lugar de secretos secreteados. ¿Cómo se las apañará nuestro héroe con una hazaña... para él?"--P. [4] of cover.

One of the most influential figures in the Latin American literary boom of this century, this highlights the Argentine writer's superb stories, taking into account other works of fiction, miscellanea, and nonficiton to give a balanced overview of Cortazar's lasting accomplishments.

This textbook provides an innovative approach to support students' learning and acquisition of Spanish through ten plays (all presented in Spanish) from Spain and Latin America. It offers direct interaction through realistic discourse from plays that also present current topics, thus facilitating class conversations. Each chapter provides an introduction to the play and author, pre-reading activities, acting exercises, reading comprehension and literary analysis questions, writing prompts, and topics for reflection on culture. Additional role-playing, improvisation, scriptwriting and...

First published in 1900 Uruguay, Ariel is Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. Though Rodó protested the interpretation, his allegorical conflict between Ariel, the lover of beauty and truth, and Caliban, the evil spirit of materialism and positivism, has come to be regarded as a metaphor for the conflicts and cultural differences between Latin America and the United States. Generations of statesmen, intellectuals, and literary figures have been formed by this book, either in championing...