Titanomaxia

In a seemingly delirious frenzy, the author of this “diary” has written the story of a writer who meets an artist--a mystic, forlorn, alienated artist with whom he builds a relationship that stretches the bounds of reality. PP.

El destino los hizo naufragar para sumergirlos en una pasión que despertaría sus corazones. Martina y Lionard, una muchacha argentina y un joven noble escocés del siglo XIX, se conocen a bordo de la goleta Margaretha con destino a Buenos Aires. El desdén del joven exaspera a Martina, que jura una enemistad de por vida al enterarse que proviene de familia de esclavistas, de la que unas semanas más tarde deberá retractarse, cuando él debe salvarle la vida. Pero el breve acercamiento es interrumpido por sus obstinadas convicciones que los alejarán para continuar con los planes que...

Young architect Michael Hillyard and artist Nancy McAllister are determined to get married despite his wealthy mother's disapproval. Then, minutes before their wedding, a terrifying accident and a cruel deception separate Michael and Nancy -- perhaps forever. Each pursues a new life -- Nancy in California, Michael in New York. But eventually nothing -- and no one -- can keep them apart as they keep their vow never to say good-bye.

A passionate and solitary inventor of agricultural machinery fights for love and recognition from his community. Through this partially autobiographical tale, author Sherwood Anderson aims his critique on the rise of technology and industries at the turn of the century. At the same time, he recreates a story where nature has no judgments and beauty is troubling. Pobre blanco was praised by writers such as H. L. Mencken and Hart Crane when it was originally published. It remains a curiously contemporary novel and a marvelous testimony to Anderson.