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Lecture des États multiples de l'être, de René Guénon (1932).

By acclaimed Forward Prize-winner, novelist, and poet, Kei Miller's linked collection of essays blends memoir and literary commentary to explore the silences that exist in our conversations about race, sex, and gender.

"El gaucho Martín Fierro" es una obra capital de la literatura argentina y de la llamada literatura gauchesca, subgénero que describe, ensalza y defiende el modo de vida de los gauchos argentinos. Escrita en verso, se articula en torno a la vida del gaucho Martín Fierro, un matrero o fuera de la ley, de carácter heroico y sacrificado. La obra, de fuerte trasfondo político, supone una dura crítica contra el gobierno de la época por sus reclutamientos forzosos a los gauchos para las luchas contra los indígenas en los terrenos fronterizos.

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Juana Inés de Asuaje y Ramírez, 1651-1695) es una de las mayores figuras de las letras hispanas del siglo XVII y su nombre figura por derecho propio junto a los grandes autores del Siglo de Oro. Cultivó la lírica, el auto sacramental y el teatro, así como la prosa. Por la importancia de su obra, recibió los sobrenombres de «el Fénix de América», «la Décima Musa» o «la Décima Musa mexicana».

Obsesionado con el pasado acuático de la Ciudad de México, Peñalosa propone un recorrido imaginario por un territorio de ríos entubados; una ciudad en la que el concreto aleja el agua de la gente y de los animales.

Este es un audiolibro sobre la escritura de García Márquez y cómo esta evolucionó y cambió con el tiempo.

Sevastopol contains three distinct narratives, each burrowing into a crucial turning point in a person’s life: A young woman gives a melancholy account of her obsession with climbing Mount Everest; a Peruvian-Brazilian vanishes into the forest after staying in a musty, semiabandoned inn in the haunted depths of the Brazilian countryside; a young playwright embarks on the production of a play about the city of Sevastopol and a Russian painter portraying Crimean War soldiers.

Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis' classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He argues that "good reading", like moral action or religious experience, involves surrender to the work in hand and a process of entering fully into the opinions of others: "in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself."

In search of the American dream, young Severine and her French Haitian family move from France to the United States. They quickly discover success comes at a high cost, and when tensions around immigration rise, Severine is forced to leave the life she knew behind. A once successful student and pageant queen is now left to battle on the cold streets of Paris while dealing with unbearable cruelty and overwhelming loss. A touching memoir of a world citizen surviving life and all of the hardships it can throw at you.

Aquí las sensaciones, percepciones, fantasías, imágenes y recuerdos de este porteño sexogenario que deja este testimonio de sus vivencias cristalizadas en forzadas cuartetas.

Throughout his life, Gabriel García Márquez spoke publicly with the same passion and energy that marked his writing. Now the wisdom and compassion of these performances are available in English for the first time. I’m Not Here to Give a Speech records key events throughout the author’s life, from a farewell to his classmates delivered when he was only 17 to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

Hace diez años, la reconocida revista literaria inglesa Granta hizo una selección de los 22 mejores novelistas jóvenes en español y publicó sus obras en una colección especial, destacando a toda una generación emergente de escritores y sirviendo como una importante herramienta para promover el talento. La edición española de Granta lanzó su primera lista de los mejores escritores jóvenes en lengua española en 2010 con una repercusión internacional muy amplia.

Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair is a collection of romantic poems by 1971 Noble laureate of literature, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, first published in 1924 by Editorial Nascimiento. Neruda was 19 at the time the book was published, and this was Neruda's second published work after Crepusculario, but Twenty Poems of Love and a Song of Despair is regarded as the work who made him a name as a poet.

Whether galloping wild in the Jamaican countryside; clinging to the dependable love of a mother and grandparents; celebrating the history, people, and language of Jamaica; or imparting a lifetime of wisdom, A Simple Smile’s narrative imagery draws listeners into Dorothy Mahfood’s inspiring life of tender confidence.

En El Tercer Reich Roberto Bolaño da voz a diversos personajes, disponiéndolos en una suerte de tablero en el que se libra la guerra más antigua de todas: la del nazismo, la de la decadente cultura occidental, la del ser humano contra sí mismo.

Crossfire collects Staceyann Chin's empowering, feminist-LGBTQ-Caribbean, activist-driven poetry for the first time in a single work.

As the winds of revolution blow through Cuba, Laura Ocampo, a restless university student, defies her upbringing and becomes a supporter of Fidel Castro's rebels. When the hated Batista flees the country, she joins the thousands pouring into the streets to cheer as the bearded rebels, in the backs of trucks, roll into Havana in victory.

Luis J. Rodriguez writes about race, culture, identity, and belonging and what these all mean and should mean (but often fail to) in the volatile climate of our nation. His passion and wisdom inspire us with the message that we must come together if we are to move forward.

The words of Kahlil Gibran give his book The Prophet a broad range of inspiration and philosophy. They provide exceptional insight into human desires and understanding. The vivid observations are vibrant with feeling and acceptance of life’s many questions and hopes. One review saluted the story as being untouched by the harshness of life. Gibran’s other two books, The Forerunner and The Madman, are of deep assistance in the same manner.

Neste audiolivro, Mano Melo, o 'poeta-show' nas palavras de Pedro Bial, declama uma seleção de poemas extraídos do seu livro O lavrador de palavras, alguns deles que ficaram famosos em recitais feitos por todo o Brasil, como Sexo em Moscou e Madonna.