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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La bibliografía sobre la Guerra Civil española y la posguerra es abundante, sin embargo, la resistencia antifranquista, luchadores muchas veces anónimos, representa uno de los episodios menos documentados de la historia de España. Los trabajos existentes están dirigidos sobre todo a especialistas y faltaba una obra de referencia que manifestara cómo y quiénes eran estos guerrilleros y sus agrupaciones al tiempo que describiera la vida en la España de Franco, el impacto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el papel de las mujeres, el miedo, la violencia y muchas veces la desesperación en la...

Fernando del Paso tells his work experience as a translator, radio announcer and producer of radio shows of the Latin-American service of the BBC before and after the conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina for the Falkland Islands. It reflexs upon the posture taken from both countries in front of the international community for the rightful sovereignty of the islands and the censorship measures about the subject in the media.

La historia, la de España o cualquier otra, es una sucesión de acontecimientos que no cobra sentido hasta que el lector se detiene y reflexiona. La historia, la de España o cualquier otra, es una sucesión de acontecimientos que no cobra sentido hasta que el lector se detiene y reflexiona. Solo entonces advierte que hay sectores e intereses políticos, sociales y económicos que, camuflados en instituciones, sociedades o confesiones que parecen existir desde siempre, pretenden conservar a toda costa el poder y la hegemonía que en el pasado obtuvieron frente a la exigencia de igualdad,...