Historia de una Cautiva

Vikramorvashi (Vikram y Urvashi) es un destacado drama sánscrito en cinco actos, basado en las diferentes versiones de un mito recogido en los Vedas, los más importantes libros sagrados de la India. Su autor, Kâlidâsa, es el dramaturgo indio por excelencia y el que más fama consiguió en Occidente, gracias a su pieza El reconocimiento de Shakuntala, que fue admirada por los románticos alemanes. Esta pieza teatral data del siglo IV, aunque no poseemos datos más concretos sobre su estreno. Es una conmovedora historia de amor imposible entre un mortal y una ninfa celestial, con multitud...

The poets of old spoke of Seers gifted with waking dreams, of Sentinels, who could take the form of the beasts of the air, and who watched over the sacred lands. Then the age of gifts came to an end. Over a hundred years, Seers and Sentinels became as Legends, stories told to wide-eyed children at night. Annalisia is secretly a seer. A princess with a courageous spirit. And a soft spot for Legends. Jovanni is secretly a legend. A commoner with little patience for pampered royals. On the eve of a royal ball, Anna longs for nothing more than to escape. Her duty, a marriage of alliance with a...

The first collection of short fiction to bring together writing by Latinas from both the US and Latin America.

In this collection of short stories there are issues such as the anxious await by employees for new management that will approve salary increases, the calm awakening of a man on his day off from work, and a woman telling a man that she is the mother of his child. These most simple anecdotes of daily life are reflected with such splendor and vitality through Benedetti’s concise and clear prose.