EL MARMOR EN HISPANIA: EXPLOTACIÓN, USO Y DIFUSIÓN EN ÉPOCA ROMANA

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Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

El hispanista Gerald Brenan, harto de la rigidez anglosajona, llegó en 1920 a Yegen, pueblecito plácidamente recostado en una ladera alpujarreña. Allí, y hasta 1934, residió, alternando con viajes, más de seis años. Fascinado por la sencilla espontaneidad de sus gentes, su lenguaje y sus costumbres, Brenan, al tiempo que se documentaba, fue anotando minuciosamente cuanto veía, oía y vivía. El resultado es esta emocionante y valiosa monografía sobre la vida en La Alpujarra en esos años, en la que quiso dejar constancia de todos los aspectos que le atrajeron, desde los usos amorosos ...

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