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Francisco Calcagno was one of the most prolific authors of Cuban XIX century, and yet one of the less studied by critics and scholars. His novels focused on blacks are nonetheless essential to understand how the creole elites view blacks and the fears they felt about the influence of blacks in a Cuba white and Spaniard. What could it then better than to read Aponte, along with Prof. Moran's insightful introductory study. There we find an excellent balance between history and fiction, archive material and criticism. In Prof. Francisco Moran's skillful hands Calcagno's novel becomes a literary...

«Para mí lo más importante en Cordovez es que piensa, actúa, reacciona, polemiza, como la mayoría de los colombianos tipo medio, en las postrimerías del siglo XIX y principios del actual. No pertenece a categorías fuera de serie [...] es la misma transparencia». Elisa Mújica

Biblioteca Clásica de la Real Academia Española. Joyas universales de nuestras letras La vida del Buscón nos sigue cautivando por su agudeza y su humor negro: es una fábula demoledora sobre la impostura y las aspiraciones sociales que conserva intacta toda su fuerza. Edición, estudio y notas de Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza