Tardes de persianas bajadas

En estas conversaciones con la escritora Rauda Jamís, Freund desgrana sus recuerdos en un texto que constituye al mismo tiempo una interesante biografía y un lúcido ensayo.+

There is very scarce information on the author of this peculiar book, that many scholars consider initiated the British appetite for the Spanish colonies in South America. Accarette -as he calls himself- or Accarette du Biscay -as appears in the English translation of his story- seems to have been a French-Basque adventurer who traveled twice to South America between 1657 and 1660 under the false identity of a Spanish subject, as the Spanish regime would not allow non-subjects to disembark in its colonies. His most evident purpose -a fact Accarette does not hide- was the lucrative smuggling...

Entre la narrativa detectivesca, la novela «de carretera», el relato biográfico y la crónica, Los detectives salvajes está considerada por la crítica y el público de todo el mundo como una de las mejores y más originales ficciones escritas en las últimas décadas. Incluye apuntes manuscritos de Roberto Bolaño para la escritura de Los detectives salvajes. Uno de los mejores libros en español de los últimos 25 años segúnBabelia. «Todo lo que comienza como comedia indefectiblemente acaba como misterio.» Dos jóvenes poetas latinoamericanos, Arturo Belano y Ulises Lima, emprenden...

Important work not only to know the trajectory of Jaime Torres Bodet but also the ins and outs of his thinking and an era in the history of Mexico of which he was the protagonist. The author, Fernando Zertuche, presents a broad view of Jaime's life; since his formative years and the awakening of his young literary vocation, his time in Universidad Nacional with people like Ezequiel A. Chvez and Jos Vasconcelos, his experience working for the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of Public Education, until his very last days of life. He highlights his many facets as intellectual and...