Berlín, 1936

El guano, las aves y las islas guaneras han jugado un papel inmenso en nuestra historia desde la época precolombina; así, los antiguos peruanos consideraban esas islas, los seres que las habitaban y los excrementos que las cubrían como sagrados y dignos de ser venerados. A mediados del siglo XIX, el guano irrumpió en el mundo como materia prima agrícola, en el momento álgido de la era de la mercantilización. En Perú se suele ver esta Edad del Guano como una época de oportunidades perdidas; no obstante, aún queda mucho que aprender de la "falaz prosperidad" que precedió al...

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On April 24, 1965, a civil revolt broke out in the Dominican Republic, splitting the nation into two factions and causing heavy material losses and psychological wounds. A post-war literature emerged after American military intervention ended the fighting, ushering in the period of modern Dominican literature. This book studies three Dominican novels based on the April 1965 post-war period.

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