Jalisco 1910-2010

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?...

Con los atentados del 11 de septiembre de 2001, Bin Laden y sus seguidores buscaban dar un giro al declive que había experimentado la yihad en los años noventa, tanto en Egipto como en Bosnia, en Arabia o en Argelia. Mediante este golpe al “enemigo lejano” estadounidense, esperaban unir de nuevo a sus partidarios y provocar el triunfo del islamismo radical en todo el mundo, en un momento en el que la segunda intifada sumía en el caos a israelíes y palestinos. Mientras tanto, en Washington, el influyente lobby neoconservador se replanteaba los intereses estratégicos tradicionales de...

El general de las causas perdidas. Nunca triunfador, jamás vencido, Ángel Peñaloza pelea por los suyos largas campañas que no puede ganar. Combate junto a jefes prestigiosos: Quiroga, Lavalle, Benavides, Urquiza. Enfrenta, lanza en mano, a los gobernadores porteños más poderosos del siglo: Juan Manuel de Rosas y Bartolomé Mitre. Ambos siguen contra él persecuciones de exterminio. Todos, aún sus enemigos, reconocen en Peñaloza un hombre de bien. Nadie lo acusa de haber torturado ni ejecutado a los vencidos en tiempos que todos lo hacían. Sarmiento y Hernández, las dos grandes...

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