La historia de Gilgamesh

"What do the statues of the world have to offer? The Great Sphinx of Giza, the Caryatids in Athens or the dragon of the Forbidden City in Beijing... are statues that have witnessed... the course of history. But what if these witnesses could talk? What would they say? In this exciting collection of stories, statues have their say. Statues of the world meet fiction and information across seven stories that contain universal themes such as freedom, fantasy or love. Each of the stories takes as inspiration a representative of world culture in the form of a statue, and this is both a literary...

Miguel is a naughty and curious boy. He found a thread in his garden, he pull of the thread, but he does not that this thread belong of the moon… but suddenly the moon started to dissolves.

Originalmente parte del libro Por cuenta propia (2010), que reúne los ensayos de Rafael Chirbes sobre literatura, en este magistral "La estrategia del boomerang", Chirbes explica su teoría de la novela y su propia trastienda de escritor. Imprescindible para conocer las claves de su escritura.

Este estudio, ampliamente documentado, somete la obra del poeta José María Heredia (1803-1839) a una rigurosa relectura, tomando como punto de partida la muy comentada "melancolicidad" de este autor cubano.