El beso de Thor

Fundador de la Universidad Nacional, político y diplomático, Justo Sierra también fue un escritor ejemplar. Poeta, dramaturgo, novelista, periodista, ensayista e historiador, Sierra muestra en estas páginas sus poco reconocidas habilidades como cuentista.

Con rabia, con emoción, con alegría, con horror y con calma, «Desencanto» encuentra, respirando literatura, una forma singular y atractiva: el ritmo novedoso pero no sorpresivo, regular pero no monótono de contar una historia en la que permanecen, entre la existencia y el anhelo, los elementos con nombre propio más importantes de la vida.

This edition makes available for the first time in Spanish the major definitive work, first published in 1970, on The Spanish Drama of Pathos. The study surveys the dramatic aspect of Spain’s movement towards modern thinking or "enlightenment". The work falls into two volumes. The first ("High Tragedy") evaluates the better known authors, the scholar-dramatists, with special reference to their European context and to the Spanish activity of the period in translation, opera and parody. Volume 2 ("Low Tragedy") deals with the little-known playwrights who were, nonetheless, of great historical ...

In this third book in the Palo Alto Adventure series, Carlos discovers the secret of the underground river with a dangerous trip inside the waterfall tunnel. Elena and Rafael's Great-aunt Elena tells them about a family secret that has been hidden for over 60 years and that would have further united Juanita's family with the Palmas, owners of the historical Hacienda Palo Alto. Gertrudes, the old family cook, tells them of her adventures during the Mexican Revolution, including facing a firing squad! While the TV Company is filming them again "discovering" the treasure cavern, Leora, Juanita,...