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El libro lleva a los lectores por un recorrido histórico, desde la llegada de los conquistadores con sus caballos, hasta los días que corren. Muestra la evolución de los equinos y de las maneras de montar con las consiguientes modificaciones no solo morfológicas en los animales, sino en la fabricación de monturas y aperos a lo largo de los siglos y a lo ancho de esta América modelada e independizada a lomo de caballo y de mula.

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?...

Isidre Ambrós, corresponsal de La Vanguardia en Pekín y Hong Kong durante una década, se sumerge en una sociedad muy reservada ante los extranjeros, como es la china, para narrar el perfil menos conocido del pais que aspira a desbancar a Estados Unidos del liderazgo planetario. A través de sus viajes, cual Marco Polo del siglo XXI, por toda la vasta geografía china, conversa con ciudadanos de toda condición que nos ayudan a comprender la evolución y el día a día de una sociedad de un funcionamiento muy distinto a la nuestra: al mismo tiempo que está controlada férreamente por el...