Herodes

This volume presents the first facsimile edition of the magazine Diáspora(s) (1997–2002), one of the most relevant documents on Cuban literature of the past few decades. The revision of the country's writing tradition, the loosening of the nation's literary center, the appearance of different latitudes of thought, were some of the signs of its identity. In the beginning, the publication was barely visible. Its clandestine conception, in the manner of the Samizdat, circulated photocopies to a very limited public. Nonetheless, there was an interest in the magazine, and the group that created ...

O protagonista principal de Anagnórise é Nicolau Arís, un rapaz con problemas que un día decide deixar os estudios no Instituto e marcha a Madrid co propósito de encontrar a uns amigos que se dedican a negocios relacionados co tráfico da droga. A viaxe en autostop faina cunha muller intelixente, de nome celosamente oculto, que o recolle na estrada, e coa cal fala durante as horas que pasan xuntos dentro do coche. Os diálogos, sempre áxiles e ocurrentes, pero tamén naturais, van revelando a rica personalidade de ambos. Xa no destino, Nicolau e a súa amiga ocasional sepáranse sen que ...

Premio Formentor 2021 César Aira, maestro indiscutible de las letras de nuestro idioma, define su ficción como «ensayos disfrazados de novelas». En este volumen, sin embargo, su espléndida faceta de ensayista cobra protagonismo para dar cuenta del mundo de referencias y la singular poética que le caracteriza. Integrado por cinco textos, Evasión y otros ensayos trata sobre la forma y el contenido narrativo, el proceso de creación y la función de la literatura, temas todos ellos fundamentales para el autor argentino. Bien sea rompiendo lanzas en favor de la ficción de entretenimiento...

Praise for Mezcal: "Mezcal is also a lyrical meditation upon the ultimate strength of the land, specifically the desert Southwest, and how that land prevails and endures despite every effort of modern industry and development to rape and savage it in the name of progress. Mezcal lingers in the mind as only the very best books manage to do."—Harry Crews "The author . . . excavates his own tormented life—and its relation to the land he loves—in a series of powerful, imagistic autobiographical essays. Like the desert he cherishes, this memoir is harsh yet lovely, full of sour self-truth. . ...