La huella de los zopilotes

En El doncel de don Enrique el Doliente Larra vuelve a recrear el mito de Macías, el eterno Enamorado. La leyenda se remonta a la Edad Media y relata el amor cortés de un trovador hacia una dama casada y la muerte de aquél a manos del celoso marido. María-Paz Yánez, de la Universidad de Zurcí, describe en su edición cómo la historia, protagonizada por personalidades destacadas de la intelectualidad medieval, permitía a Larra expresar sus grandes preocupaciones vitales e intelectuales: la pasión amorosa y la literatura.

Corre el año 1943. La esvástica sobrevuela París desde lo alto de la torre Eiffel. Soldados vestidos de gris patrullan las calles. Los edificios han sido renombrados; los libros, prohibidos; el arte, robado... y la gente desaparece. En realidad, la capital francesa está en guerra consigo misa. Informadores, maquis, colaboradores y resistentes se vigilan entre ellos tanto como a los alemanes. Y estos útlimos son los primeros traidores: La Gestapo y la Abwehr están enfrascadas en su propia batalla interna para liderar la invasión. Entretanto, el Ejecutivo de Operaciones Especiales de...

The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything--everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she's going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias ...

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