En el mayor silencio

A medio camino entre la historia literaria y la interpretación histórica, Philippe Ollé-Laprune ofrece una sucinta y completa introducción a una literatura que siempre ha intentado liberarse de la influencia del poder: de los curas, soldados y administradores del pasado como de los autores contemporáneos que gozan de numerosas becas, cargos públicos e incentivos, pero que, a la vez, enfrentan una de las redes más pobres para la difusión del libro.

Diferentes objetivos animaron a la alianza militar francoespañola en la conocida como guerra de Cochinchina. En el año 1858 el gobierno de la reina española, Isabel II, decidió intervenir militarmente cuando fueron asesinados en Tonkin, los obispos españoles, dominicos, Fr. José Díaz de Sanjurjo y Fr. Melchor García Sampedro. Un ejército de casi 1 500 soldados españoles establecido en las Islas Filipinas, luchó durante casi cinco años por la protección de las misiones de los dominicos españoles en el reino de Annam (actual Vietnam). No obstante, el gobierno de S.M. con esta...

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When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...