La reina de Nairobi

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50 extremely short (the longest is three pages) and dark tales. Astonishing transformations and unexpected twists take place: an angel, ill with acrophobia, cannot use his wings and must turn to other forms of transportation; a chess match between a mediocre worker and a tyrant boss changes into a medieval duel; a scientist decimates all the birds in the world while trying to record everything he can about these creatures' behavior. Some of Rubiano Vargas' tales are grouped by themes: five concern the art of writing. In "Sufrimiento" ("Suffering"), for instance, the Muse really exists and is...

Bienvenidos a la gran isla continente de Thanaria, una tierra habitada por seres fabulosos y fascinantes, donde la Magia y la Hechicería campan a sus anchas, y donde podrán conocer a nuestros tres valientes aventureros y ser testigos de sus increíbles hazañas y de su constante lucha contra las temibles Fuerzas del Mal y de la Oscuridad.

En la tercera serie de los Episodios nacionales, escrita entre 1898 y 1900, es decir diecinueve años después de haber concluido la anterior, Galdós retoma la historia de España en el punto en que la había dejado —la muerte de Fernando VII—, para relatar la difícil etapa de la minoría de su hija, la futura Isabel II, no reconocida por los absolutistas que proclaman rey al infante don Carlos, hermano del rey fallecido. Los liberales arropan entonces a la reina viuda, María Cristina, y se inicia la primera guerra carlista. A lo largo de la serie, Galdós seguirá las vicisitudes de...