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First published in 1900 Uruguay, Ariel is Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations. Though Rodó protested the interpretation, his allegorical conflict between Ariel, the lover of beauty and truth, and Caliban, the evil spirit of materialism and positivism, has come to be regarded as a metaphor for the conflicts and cultural differences between Latin America and the United States. Generations of statesmen, intellectuals, and literary figures have been formed by this book, either in championing...

Los tres tomos de Verdes valles, colinas rojas (2004-2005) constituyen no solo la obra cumbre de Ramiro Pinilla, sino el núcleo creativo hacia donde fluye toda su producción previa y de donde deriva su narrativa posterior. A través de su inmensa capacidad imaginativa, el autor vizcaíno logró dotar de un simbolismo portentoso a imágenes y símbolos que representan valores y carencias esenciales en la evolución de la humanidad. La perspectiva estética de esta obra permite analizar las figuras de la imaginación y la raíz de la narrativa pinillesca a través de un recorrido por el...

Martin is an expert at losing things, but his mom and grandmother were used to it and took it with patience and a sense of humor. "You'll have to sew your things onto your hands," they told him. Martin didn't let it worry him so much until the day he lost his most beloved possession: the family photo album. He's determined to find it at any cost--but where do lost treasures go? Martin embarks on a fantastic journey to the land of lost things, where he meets great friends, terrible monsters, and an unforgettable adventure. But will he find his album?

Situada en la tradición de la novela pastoril española y en deuda tanto con la “Arcadia” de Jacopo Sannazaro como con la lírica eclógica clásica y moderna, “La Galatea” es un “cercado laberinto” de amor y de poesía y un “lazo” de narraciones. Es, ciertamente, una novela de novelas en la que, sobre un relato primario esencialmente pastoril que oficia de hilo conductor, se suspenden, en ponderado equilibrio, hasta cuatro secundarios: el de Lisandro y Leonida; el de Teolinda, Artidoro, Leonarda y Galercio; el de Timbrio y Silerio, y el de Rosaura, Grisaldo y Artandro....