Secretos medievales

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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¿Cómo explicar la guerra en Bosnia-Herzegovina? Entre abril de 1992 y diciembre de 1995, el pequeño país de Bosnia-Herzegovina fue el escenario de una guerra que acabó con casi cien mil muertos y alrededor de dos millones de desplazados. Esto sucedió ante la mirada de incomprensión de la ciudadanía europea y la parálisis de sus dirigentes. La prensa internacional se agarró al mito del «avispero balcánico» para explicar algo en apariencia inexplicable. A través de la escritura, con la intuición y empatía de quien lleva quince años viviendo en los Balcanes, Marc Casals...

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Este libro se ocupa de analizar las posiciones de Lenin, Stalin, Trotski y Bujarin en los principales ámbitos del debate político relacionados con el Estado. Se parte de su visión del partido, puesto que éste, en el Estado soviético, fue la clave de bóveda de todo el sistema. Se pasa revista de modo comparado a los diferentes enfoques del proceso revolucionario y al papel atribuido al partido dirigente. Se aborda la teoría de la dictadura del proletariado y su concreción estatal soviética para analizar las concretas posiciones de los dirigentes bolcheviques seleccionados. La...