La sombra de la mariposa

This study examines the cardinal points of Goytisolo's work, the tetralogy Antagonia, and explores his experimentation with multiple techniques. Following a postmodernist/poststructuralist approach, it focuses upon the metaphorical meaning of the labyrinthine structure. The book analyzes the therapeutic qualities that the narrators/protagonists find in their experiences as writers, and also the roles played by various readers, be these real or fictitious. It also examines Goytisolo's deft articulation of straightforward exposition with parody and his criticism of Catalan society.

El abuelo de esta historia puede soñar lo que se le antoje y hasta soñar por encargo los deseos del panadero, la frutera o el camarero. ¿Se trata de un verdadero domador de sueños o de un avezado inventor de historias? Un libro-sueño, de ilustraciones exquisitas, del que uno no quiere despertar.

En la casa de los Murnó hay un fantasma. Mary lo ha descubierto y está segura de que es inofensivo: ¿será eso posible? La pequeña se enfrentará a las opiniones negativas de sus padres y amigos sobre estos seres, y peor aún, a Abraham Estaca, un despiadado cazafantasmas. Mary Murnó demostrará que no se debe juzgar a alguien sin siquiera conocerlo, incluso si se trata de un fantasma. Los pequeños entenderán que no debe juzgarse a los demás sin conocerlos.

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...