Leyenda

Este libro recopila varios cuentos clásicos de Hans Christian Andersen, como La sirenita, El intrépido soldadito de plomo y El patito feo, con una maravillosa adaptación de mano del escritor colombiano Alvaro Vanegas. Así se mezlcan la melancolía y tristeza que caracterizaban al autor danés -que siempre estuvieron presentes en su vida- con el toque oscuro y macabro que caracteriza a Vanegas.

Inscribed in the rich fantastical tradition of Romanian literature while communing with other traditions, this book uses fantasy to denounce, in a covert manner, the grotesqueness of existence within a totalitarian state. The four stories included belong as much to fantastical literature as they do to testimony writing, the narrative combining as it does the confessional tone of a realistic journal with incursions from a visionary imagination. Rediscovered in 1977 after having been rejected by Romanian censorship due to its antisocial tendencies, this was the first book of short stories...

In eve of the presidential change-over, the banking is nationalized, and by means of a President's decree, the currency is devaluated in more than a hundred percent, the inflation goes up to three digits and the Mexicans' savings in "mexdollars" become pesos with little value. By the end of that six years governmental period, in which the good administration of the oil abundance was proclaimed, the country was in fact plundered and left with empty arks. This was the scenario of Mexico in 1982 and the one that serves as a background for the fictitious characters of "State Crime," a novel where ...

Tras presenciar la muerte de sus tropas, así como la de su amante, el general Jason Wander, marcado por la lucha, está listo para la paz. Con tan solo veinticinco años ha luchado y vencido en el único conflicto contra alienígenas de la Humanidad. Ahora, tras muchos años en el espacio, vuelve a casa... ¿pero con qué se encontrará? Empobrecidas por los estragos de la guerra y el gasto militar, las desesperadas naciones de la Tierra están reduciendo drásticamente los presupuestos para Defensa. De repente, el asalto comienza y la Tierra es atacada. Para detener la invasión, a la...