La derrota de lo épico

En una epoca extremedamente convulsa (s. IV-V), Julia sufre la perdida de su familia excepto su hermano. En su busqueda huye de su Cartagena natal e inicia un accidentado periplo que le lleva a recuperar los restos de Prisciliano, convertirse en preceptora imperial, espia al servicio de Eutropio, amiga de la Elia Eudoxia e Hypatia, curandera, empresaria y consejera de la corte en Constantinopla, Alejandria, Roma, Ravena y Barcelona, vive los importantes cambios que, a caballo de dos siglos, sacuden el imperio en el umbral de su definitiva desmembracion. Descendiente de una saga de...

La Argentina respira campo. Es el país de las grandes estancias. Del gaucho, el trigo y la soja. Y aunque la vida urbana concentre las aspiraciones de la mayor parte de los argentinos, y la experiencia de lo rural se vuelva cada vez más indirecta o tome la forma del interés turístico y gastronómico, durante más de cien años el campo ocupó un lugar protagónico en el debate nacional. En el centro de esas discusiones estaba la gran propiedad, el latifundio, que fue impugnado una y otra vez como un obstáculo para construir un país moderno e integrado. A partir de las voces de...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...