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Una desternillante vuelta de tuerca humorística a los elementos mil veces vistos en la fantasía épica. Victor Conde, maestro absoluto del género, se da el gusto de presentarnos una historia en apariencia clásica: un reino perdido, una bestia temible que lo ocupa, una princesa que habrá de ser entregada en sacrificio. Sin embargo, no tardaremos ni media página en darnos cuenta de que nada es lo que parece en esta historia que nos quitará el aliento... a base de carcajadas. Víctor Conde es un escritor español nacido en Santa Cruz de Tenerife en 1973. Se le considera uno de los...

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

Eva Peron (1919-1952) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. Often referred to as "Evita," she was never an officially elected political figure, but by her husband's second term as President, she had become the most powerful woman in the history of her nation. By the 1960s, Evita was an international pop-culture icon; in the 1970s, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the blockbuster musical Evita about her; and in the mid-90s, the musical was adapted to a movie starring Madonna. This small, chunky paperback features all manner of vintage graphic treatments from...