El hombre gramatical

In 1820 Andrea Carbayo wrote her memoir to record the adventures that led her to the place where she is, haunted by the intransigence of the inquisitor Valdés. Illustrated, intellectual, social gathering, writer, translator, teacher, feminist, Andrea herself was a forerunner in many aspects, without this preventing her from being erased from history, like so many other women in all times and places. In 2021, when 210 years have passed since the death of the Gijon minister and hero Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, the publication of this manuscript and the unexpected discovery of a secret...

Para ahuyentar el tedio que padece desde la muerte de su marido, una mujer de mediana edad decide dejar la casa de campo donde ha vivido durante años y trasladarse a la ciudad. Chabacana, mandona y sumamente quisquillosa, sobre todo en lo que respecta a sus hijas, traba amistad con la enigmática Scilla, y pronto las dos mujeres planean abrir juntas una galería de arte. Sin embargo, la aparente seguridad de la protagonista, que se diría bordea la soberbia, no la libra de ciertas decepciones... Una de las obras más celebradas de Ginzburg, llena del humor, la perspicacia y el irrenunciable...

The Clasicos Chicanos/Chicano Classics series is intended to ensure the long-term accessibility of deserving works of Chicano literature and culture that have become unavailable over the years or that are in imminent danger of becoming inaccessible. Each of the volumes includes an introduction contextualizing the work within Chicano literature and a bibliography of works by and about the author. The series is designed to be a vehicle that will help in the recuperation of Raza literary history and permit the continued experience and enjoyment of our literature by both present and future...

¿Te has preguntado alguna vez cuál es el valor de una vida? Aquella mañana, la de mi hermano valía un reloj de bolsillo.