Memoria de los olvidados

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)

A partir de identificar los distintos actores, visibles y ocultos, que intervienen en la violenta realidad colombiana, este libro analiza las más representativas obras literarias y cinematográficas del país, aquellas que le han dado una dimensión estética a las diversas expresiones del exilio, el desplazamiento y el desarraigo. Con un amplio conocimiento en materia literaria, Óscar López enfrenta momentos tan complejos de la historia de la literatura nacional como la poética que nace del desplazamiento en los años cincuenta y la narrativa que registra el fenómeno sicarial y...

Un catálogo de cédulas o fichas donde se ha especificado cada documento extractando en ellas todos los datos que pueden interesar a los que estudien la época de la Independencia colombiana (1810- 1832).

The old colonel goes each Friday to the post office to see if his long-awaited pension has come through. He knows it will not; so does his wife who is still grieving over the death of their son the year before. The colonel has a mission: to elevate the grim routine of poverty and failure to a high mass of defiance. He does that by showing that a heart that has been broken still beats with vengeance.