La Farsa de Jesus: (Spanish Language Edition)

Graham Greene, uno de los novelistas más importantes en lengua inglesa, celebró su 80 aniversario con la publicación de este libro: un relato vivo, fuerte y chispeante sobre su amistad con Omar Torrijos, presidente de Panamá de 1968 a 1981, fallecido en un extraño accidente de aviación. «En agosto de 1981 tenía preparada la maleta para mi quinta visita a Panamá cuando me enteré por teléfono de la muerte del general Omar Torrijos Herrera, mi amigo y anfitrión. En ese momento se me ocurrió escribir una especie de pequeño homenaje a un político inspirador en un período vital de...

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?...

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Calificado como fórmula rígida del eremitismo, el emparedamiento se desarrolló con gran adaptabilidad, dentro de una gran proliferación de fórmulas religiosas, más entre las mujeres que entre los hombres. Se realizaba en celdas adosadas a iglesias y cementerios, en hospitales y monasterios, en puentes y en murallas, localizadas en el centro urbano o en su derredor; pero siempre provocando un gran impacto sobre la sociedad que les rodeaba. Celdas dependientes de concejos o de iglesias, celdas independientes, pequeños habitáculos (identificados con sepulcros), con dos ventanillas (una...