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Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...

Un escalofriante libro-reportaje sobre los jóvenes que se encuentran en las correccionales de la capital y que esperan pacientemente el transcurrir de los días para salir y vengarse de sus enemigos o unirse a las filas del crimen organizado. ¿Qué harás cuando salgas?- le pregunto al Banda, preso en la corre de San Fernando por robo, secuestro y asesinato. Me gustaría estudiar ingeniería automotriz. Ahora leo filosofía y novelas. Afuera no leía ni estudiaba. Mi novela favorita es de Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez, Dirigentes del mundo futuro.» ¿Cuál es la causa de que un muchacho se...

C sar Vallejo is one of the finest poets of Latin America, and his poetry has managed to maintain a broad readership base right up until the modern day. Since Vallejo's posthumous poems were first published in 1939 in an edition supervised by his widow, Georgette de Vallejo, there remain to this day a number of unanswered questions about them. In what order did Vallejo write the poems? Would he have published the poems as they are? This book, by a careful analysis of the evidence available, proposes a new chronology for the posthumous poems, suggesting that the Peruvian poet's work went...

Crónicas de lectura experimentadas como un viaje por rutas literarias en tiempos de pandemia (2020-2021). Leer-escribir-leer como un continuo incesante.