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El relato de viajes encendi durante siglos la imaginaci n europea y llev consigo la fe de un proyecto expansionista presentado como apasionante misi n ecum nica. He aqu una aguda lectura de relatos de muy diversa ndole que presentan una rica variedad de miradas colonizadoras: escritos del siglo XVIII sobre frica del Sur, la literatura de viajes sentimental, la temprana exploraci n del frica Occidental, la invenci n de Am rica del Sur durante la independencia y, de forma m s reciente, la di spora desde las antiguas colonias latinoamericanas hacia las metr polis en busca de una vida mejor.

El diario de Ana Frank ha sido, desde su primera publicación, una lectura ineludible para todo aquel que quiera revisitar aquellos años de horror vividos y sufridos por el pueblo judío. Y su lectura representa, no sólo el respeto por aquello que fue sino, sobre todo, por aquello que no queremos que se vuelva a repetir. Quizá por eso, aquellos manuscritos lograron sobrevivir al horror, a pesar de que la niña que los escribió no pudo lograrlo. Esos escritos representaron para ella una esperanza, un futuro posible, un mundo posible después de la guerra.

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