Empresas coloniales

Historia Breve de Japón es un repaso a toda la historia del País del Sol Naciente desde los nebulosos inicios de la ocupación humana del archipiélago hasta la actualidad. Sin embargo, no se trata de un relato continuo al modo tradicional. No falta tampoco una narración general, que da coherencia al conjunto, aunque la obra se estructura en grandes secciones a las que se puede acceder de manera independiente. Cada una analiza de manera individualizada cuatro rasgos concretos: un personaje, un acontecimiento, un lugar y un fenómeno filosófico o religioso. De este modo, escuchando a la...

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La bibliografía reciente sobre la historia de la Guerra Civil española está integrada, sobre todo, por obras especializadas, destinadas a los investigadores. Faltan hoy síntesis accesibles que puedan cumplir la función que en su tiempo desempeñaron libros como los de Gabriel Jackson o Hugh Thomas, aproximando al lector medio el estado actual de los conocimientos, lo cual resulta tanto más urgente tras unas décadas en que la investigación ha aportado nuevas certezas y ha desvanecido viejos mitos. Nadie más adecuado para realizar esta tarea que el profesor Julián Casanova,...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...