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Agustin Moreto (1618-1669) was one of the most acclaimed playwrights of the Spanish Golden Age, his fame equaling that of authors as Calderon de la Barca.However, only two of Moreto's famous plays ?"El lindo don Diego" and "El desden, con el desden"? are available in modern editions. The present volume is a critical edition of "Los enga?os de un enga?o", one of many Golden Age comedies left unpublished for many years until now. The modern reader wishing to become acquainted with baroque theatre will find here an excellent starting point, as this is a typical "cloak and dagger" comedy,...

El maquillador de cadáveres es una novela chilena diferente. La magia del sur se instala en una narración envolvente, de relato nocturno alrededor de una fogata, en el juego curioso de seducir los miedos y los misterios. El protagonista es un artista que busca cambiarle el rostro a la muerte. Trabaja con el más noble de los materiales, la carne humana, y con la más insondable de todas sus formas: el rostro.

"La Quijotita y su prima" (1818) The Quijotita and her Cousin is Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi's (1776-1827) second novel. Written two years after his best known novel "Periquillo sarniento" (1816), regarded as the official initiator of the novel genre in Spanish America, in "La Quijotita..." Fernandez de Lizardi extends his view on society to encompass the female condition. In tune with his liberal stance the author states with clarity the active role women should play within the new Mexican society, and highlights the importance of educating them along modern principles. Composed mainly of...

Esta es la historia de una utopía frustrada, el testimonio de una generación que asiste al nacimiento y muerte de un mito: el triunfo de la libertad. Frente a la desesperanza, la crisis del ideal, los personajes de esta novela, hijos de la Revolución cubana, intentarán dentro de una realidad saturniana ser felices, y aferrarse a la conquista de otra épica, sobrevivir.