El presente incómodo

This volume contains an examination of what are described as the most poetic examples of Chilean prose written in the 20th century. By adopting Ralph Freedman's conceptual definition of lyrical narrative and using it as her point of departure, Professor Kostopolos-Cooperman argues that the protean and magical nature of Bombal's lyrical prose transcends the causal, temporal and spatial movement that characterizes conventional fiction. In her view, Bombal's work is rather a narrative that arises in the poetic imagination of a narrator who creates a tapestry of expanding musical and pictorial...

Recopilatorio en un solo volumen de tres cuentos de princesas: - El baúl mágico. - La princesa Jimena. - Lucía la princesa valiente.

Novela de gran actualidad en la que Galdós retrata la corrupción de los políticos y de la corte española, Memorias de un cortesano de 1815 (1875) forma parte de los Episodios Nacionales y narra el ascenso social de Juan de Pipaón, un arribista que llega a integrar la caricaturesca camarilla de Fernando VII. Llena de humor y crítica social, la obra da continuidad a la mejor tradición picaresca hispánica. El protagonista del libro, que narra en primera persona su experiencia, en forma de testimonio, relata corruptelas y trapicheos de favores. Piapón -símbolo del cortesano de entonces...

There was much excitement on the small mountain farm. All the animals were waiting for the new horse to be brought in. They expected him to be snow-white, tall and thin. When the trailer with the horse arrived at the farm, Katja the Cow saw him. The animals were convinced that they would meet a unicorn. But would they?