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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...

Un hombre ve a una persona idéntica a un viejo amigo de la juventud lo cual lo hace reflexionar sobre la nostalgia, la amistad y el pasado.

The Ties That Bind comprises the first collection of critical essays that explore the family system in Spanish and Latin American culture. This thought-provoking volume addresses the intersection of language, narrative structure, social reality, and family dynamics through examples from a diverse range of literary works, including Cervantes' Don Quijote, Reinaldo Arenas' Celestino antes del alba, and the Chicano film My Family/Mi Familia. Issues of feminism, gender and sexuality, abuse, trauma, and communication take the forefront in this ground-breaking book, which takes psychological...

Este libro es el fruto de una historia de amor que ha durado toda una vida. Leer es, creo, mi actividad favorita; los libros y yo hemos sido inseparables hasta donde me alcanza la memoria...Aún hoy, me angustia no tener a mano un libro, una revista, un periódico, un trozo de papel para leer... Me gusta el olor de los libros, más aún su tacto. La vida sin libros sería para mí un horror vacío. Charles Van Doren Con un maestro como Charles Van Doren, cuyo entusiasmo ha inspirado a generaciones de estudiantes, no es difícil contagiarse del placer de leer. De la mano de Van Doren...