El Corazon de un Artista

Una espléndida interpretación de la Orestíada de Esquilo, por el autor de Brooklyn y Nora Webster. Colm Tóibín retoma la única obra conservada del teatro griego antiguo y la revisa con maravillosa sensibilidad, centrándose en la historia de Clitemnestra, una mujer audaz, capaz de usar los instintos más lujuriosos para orquestar tu venganza y defender su rol de madre. Reseña: «[...] Lo que logra Tóibín es que la lectura de la novela sea tan ligera como profunda. O tan suave en la forma como calado deja en el lector. Haya leído el clásico teatral en que se apoya o no.» Pedro...

A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching... Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid. Though she knows little about the far north--where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service--Marion applies to the position. In a matter of...

Professors Guzman and Verdegal have published, with the collaboration of Roman Gubern, different articles that reflect two aspects: analytic reflection on the field of individual memory and on the field of collective memory; aspects that will help on the explanation of the relation between the creative function and memory.

This amazing book presents biographies of Latin American women of African descent. Grouped by country, it addresses all areas of culture and history.