LA POESÍA DE PRUDENCIO

A beautiful metaphor about the history of mankind. Birds represent the ambitions of the people. Good intentions become perverted; but a gleam of hope shines on the horizon.

An elucidation in Spanish of the dramatic intentions and accomplishments of the two best imitators of the inspired craftsmanship of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, this is the first monograph to be published on Rojas Zorilla and Moreto for at least two decades. Following an introductory section, in which she discusses and compares the differing attitudes and methods of the two dramatists, the author concentrates on their respective achievements in the genres which they practiced with enthusiasm and ability. Among the comedies and serious secular plays selected for analysis are not only their...

Cees Nooteboom, que ha viajado por todos los continentes y ha recorrido el mundo de la literatura, visita a sus «muertos amados» allá donde se encuentren para entablar diálogos con ellos, para verificar sus palabras, su inmortalidad. Peregrinó a la tumba de Neruda en Chile, a las de Vallejo y Cortázar en París, a la de Antonio Machado en Collioure, a la de Stevenson en Samoa y a la de Kawabata en Japón; a las de Keats y Shelley en Roma, en el «cementerio de los extranjeros», donde también reposan el hijo de Goethe y uno de los hijos de Wilhelm von Humboldt; a las de Thomas Mann,...

Once upon a time, there was a mouse who lived in Europe who longed to go to America, the land of liberty, and be reunited with his friends who had fled. He decides the best way to get there would be to fly. He makes many attempts until he finally designs the perfect plane. His successful voyage inspires an entire nation, including a young boy named Charles Lindbergh. Children will love the detailed illustrations and the mouse's determination in spite of some failed attempts in this very original picture book. A brief history of aviation is included at the end of the book.