Un país para narrar

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Las Vidas de Alejandro y César constituyen sin duda una de las parejas más célebres dentro de la producción biográfica de Plutarco; en la medida en que se ha podido establecer la cronología relativa de las veintitrés parejas que constituyen las Vidas paralelas, parece que correspondería a la de Alejandro y César una posición central dentro del conjunto. Si bien se han criticado a menudo los emparejamientos que presenta Plutarco en las Vidas paralelas, la elección de César como pareja de Alejandro Magno puede considerarse acertada en un punto capital: se trata sin duda de los dos...

When a high-powered gallery owner collides with an offbeat artist, it's a recipe for disaster. Sasha, a widow, falls in love with Liam, an artist, whose behavior helped tear his marriage apart. Because of their age difference, and her grown children, they must keep their relationship a secret. But can they, especially when Liam is so good at creating chaos and bringing out the wild streak in Sasha? When tragedy strikes, it forces a sacrifice that neither of them could have expected.

La suave genialidad de Onetti es manejar como única materia novelística el trabajo del tiempo. La historia no traza más que la desventura de una mujer dominada por su vestido nupcial, destruida y exaltada por las sedas, los encajes y las puntillas.