Libro de La Vigilia

Hay ciertas cosas que no puedo contar a nadie, excepto a la gente que ya no está aquí. Todo comienza con un trabajo de Lengua: escribirle una carta a alguien que haya muerto. Laurel escoge a Kurt Cobain porque su hermana lo adoraba. Y porque él murió joven, como ella. En poco tiempo tiene un cuaderno lleno de cartas a Judy Garland, Amy Winehouse, Heath Ledger y muchos otros. Sin embargo, no se las entrega a su profesora. Les escribe sobre el comienzo del instituto, sus nuevas amistades, su primer amor y sobre cómo está aprendiendo a vivir ahora que su familia se ha roto. Y sobre lo que...

One of the most influential figures in the Latin American literary boom of this century, this highlights the Argentine writer's superb stories, taking into account other works of fiction, miscellanea, and nonficiton to give a balanced overview of Cortazar's lasting accomplishments.

Eva is a 15-year-old girl with few friends and low self-esteem. She is convinced thin girls have it easier. She doesn't think that she fits in at school or at home. When she meets Michel and Franziska, things begin to look up and they help her realize that feeling good about yourself should not be tied to a scale.

This edited volume explores the ways in which Miguel de Cervantes adopted humanist positions, whether he submitted these to critical examination or made them the target of his satires. It tries to determine how familiar Cervantes was with the contemporary developments of humanism in different European countries, and if references to particular humanist thinkers can be identified in his work. The contributions gathered in this volume, all from acknowledged Cervantes experts, tackle among others the following questions: How does Cervantes analyse the humanist connexion between science and...