La sombra de la mariposa

He's proven it and proves it again in this hilarious, fast-paced story animated by her proverbial grace and his wit. Marco Denevi and some mysterious alter ego narrate a vast chronicle in an unusual way: offering the details of that kind of saga shredded in the articles of an encyclopedia. Articles that the reader can put together in diverse narrative systems, advancing successively, or alternating their advance in jumps, crosses, combinations... Thus, they will compose the story of an Argentine family that begins with the arrival in these lands of a Manuel the Adelantadito, conqueror of the...

Desde los tiempos de Iván el Terrible, generaciones de líderes rusos han convertido el Kremlin en una fortaleza, equipando el laberinto que forma su subsuelo con cámaras acorazadas y tesoros de valor incalculable. Michael Saint Pierre, maestro entre ladrones, tiene la mayor de las motivaciones para orquestar un asalto al santuario del poder ruso: dos vidas están en juego. Y miles de años de creencias religiosas penden de su éxito o su fracaso.

Narnia..., un mundo congelado..., una tierra que aguarda su liberación. Cuatro niños descubren un armario que les sirve de puerta de acceso a Narnia, un país congelado en un invierno eterno y sin Navidad. Entonces, cumpliendo con las viejas profecías, los niños —junto con el león Aslan—serán los encargados de liberar al reino de la tiranía de la Bruja Blanca y recuperar el verano, la luz y la alegría para todos los habitantes de Narnia.

Juana Borrero (1877 - 1896) - Modernist poet, born in Puentes Grandes, Havana, Cuba. She also excelled in painting. As a poet, she was considered a precocious girl. Her father, Esteban Borrero, was a short stories writer of and a poet; and her sister, Dulce Maria Borrero, excelled at poetry and prose. Therefore, Juana grew up in an artistic and literary atmosphere, amid literary circles and gatherings attended by other writers like Carlos Pio and Federico Uhrbach, as well as Julian del Casal. While still very young, Juana took painting classes, first with Dolores Desvernine, and later on, in...