Juan sin tierra

Propiciada por la amistad e impulsada por las copas de vino, la charla entre los invitados trata del amor y la amistad y otros temas en el marco del banquete helénico. El nombre de simposio se aplica precisamente al animado intercambio de discursos e ideas entre los bebedores, filósofos y poetas y, más tarde, entre eruditos parlanchines. Este libro, tras una breve introducción a los rasgos del banquete más clásico, pasa revista y comenta los cinco Simposios conservados en la literatura griega, desde el inolvidable diálogo de Platón al inagotable chismorreo de Ateneo, pasando por las...

Bartolome Hidalgo (Montevideo, 1788 - Moron, Buenos Aires Province, 1822) is the first poet to have utilized the Spanish language to capture the qualities of gaucho speech His writings, comprising a series of lyrical, narrative and dialogic texts about current political concerns of the second and third decades of the 19th century in both margins of the Rio de la Plata, have been recognized by the most respected literary critics of the region -Sarmiento, Mitre, Leguizamon, Rojas, Falcao Espalter, Borges- as the initiation of this most original genre, and Hidalgo, consequently, the first...

Brings together 35 selections by both well-known and relatively unknown authors from all the major Latina communities in the United States. Includes selections that represent the major lifestyles or issues confronting Latinas today, including sexual and personal oppression, family relations, traditional and new ways of exploring the female identity and relationships with men.

A short story collection by one of the most highly acclaimed short story writers in literary history, this book contains five horror stories that will inspire both fear and wonder in the hearts and minds of readers. Guy de Maupassant’s beautiful language and intense narrative pace, when combined with his powerful imagination, masterfully blend terror and fantasy to create page-turning prose. Included in this collection are the short stories “Fear,” “Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse,” and “Who Knows?” Una colección de cuentos por uno de los más aclamados escritores de cuentos de la ...