La narración artística como documento

Making a pact with the devil is not as easy as it looks. On one hand, you get fame and fortune for over 800 years, but, on the other hand, you have to become a vengeful being willing to condemn yourself to a lifetime of servitude. Prosper will try to avoid this by returning the devil Alastor to his world before he destroys her family. In order to accomplish this, she will have to avoid numerous traps, tricks, and Alastor's wicked sense of humor with only the help of her Uncle Barnabas, a witch's apprentice, and a cat with bat wings.

This study deals with the experience of exile in the works of three Spanish American writers: The Cuban authors Reinaldo Arenas and Manuel Diaz Martinez, as well as the Uruguayan author Fernando Ainsa. Along with the reshaping of territories, and socio-economic and cultural dimensions which took place on a worldwide scale, the last few decades have also witnessed a reshaping of the spectrum and voices of Latin-American writers that create, revisit and suffer the complex and multifaceted phenomenon of exile. The displaced subject, or rather, the voices of the displaced, the marginalized and...

Pueden contarse con los dedos de la mano los escritores que han logrado que su apellido se use como adjetivo en la vida diaria. Contemplamos escenas dantescas, quedamos envueltos en situaciones kafkianas, asistimos a gestas de resonancias homéricas, nos sobresaltan reminiscencias proustianas y, durante varias décadas, fue moneda corriente para millones de personas vivir, o temer acabar viviendo, en una sociedad orwelliana.Aunque George Orwell empezó a ganarse este derecho desde los inicios de su carrera como periodista y activista, enfrentado al Imperio británico, la injusticia social y...

Biography and appreciation of literary contributions of women authors by other women, with brief biographical information included on them also. Included are Magda Szabó, Anne Waldman, Gisela Kozak Rovero, Gordana Kuić, Nélida Piñón, Margaret Atwood, Sofia Coppola, Doris Lessing, A. S. Byatt, Sujata Bhatt, Assia Djebar, Amélie Nothomb, Zadie Smith, Wisława Szymborska, and Anne Tyler.