La convaleciente de Hades

"Once upon a time there was a brave little silver colored fish. He swam around in the big blue sea and came upon a very large black object. What happens next and how it finishes, is what this book is about!"

Horacio Quiroga (Salto, Uruguay, 31 de diciembre de 1878 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19 de febrero de 1937) es considerado uno de los padres del cuento moderno. La maestría con la que concebía sus narraciones le ha ganado el aprecio y la admiración en todo el mundo y, pese al tiempo transcurrido, la mayoría de sus escritos no han perdido actualidad. En este libro presentamos una selección de sus mejores cuentos para niños, la mayoría extraídos de su popular libro Cuentos de la selva (1918), inspirado en su vida en la jungla sudamericana, donde vivió varios años con su familia,...

This volume of collected essays explores the premise that Plutarch's work, notwithstanding its amazing thematic multifariousness, constantly pivots on certain ideological pillars which secure its unity and coherence. So, unlike other similar books which, more or less, concentrate on either the Lives or the Moralia or on some particular aspect(s) of Plutarch's oeuvre, the articles of the present volume observe Plutarch at work in both Lives and Moralia, thus bringing forward and illustrating the inner unity of his varied literary production. The subject-matter of the volume is uncommonly...

This critical edition of the novel Sab (published in 1840 in Madrid) is based on the Cuban printing of the 1970s. It is of particular interest not only because of its aesthetic qualities but also because it addresses issues of interest both for the period in which it was written and contemporary audiences. Among these topics are slavery, basic rights of the individual in society, nationalism, and women's issues.