Convento Viejo en el corazón

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La historia de Japón es una de las más extraordinarias del planeta. Punto de encuentro entre Asia continental y el océano Pacífico, el archipiélago japonés ha desarrollado a través de los siglos una cultura propia, enriquecida a partir del contacto con la cultura china y con Occidente. En su historia, Japón se ha reinventado repetidamente: desde el esplendor aristocrático de la corte Heian, donde se compuso la que algunos consideran la primera novela psicológica de la historia, hasta la cultura marcial de los famosos samuráis; desde el aislamiento del exterior durante más de dos...

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Esta magnífica obra trata del amor que sentía el gran cacique Guarionex por la hermosa taina Loarina. Pero este gran amor no era correspondido, pues Loarina amaba a su vez al soldado español Cristobal de Sotomayor. Al sentirse rechazado, Guarionex reta a un duelo a muerte a Sotomayor, que termina con graves consecuencias para ambos...