Poética

Un amante transformado en roedor, unas profesoras asesinadas, un episodio de tortura inquisitorial, la dignidad de un torero, el quinto avatar de Barbazul o los ritos de muerte y pervivencia en un Escorial de pesadilla son motivos con los que Luis Riaza traslada a la narrativa algunos temas y parte de los códigos que lo convirtieron en referente ineludible del «nuevo teatro español». La violencia, las formas de poder y dominación, el sexo y la muerte se extienden por estas páginas con un lenguaje original y renovador, al margen de convenciones y en un paroxístico proceso de reescritura ...

An intriguing study of The Da Vinci Code looks at the content, themes, real-life historical background and characters, and revelations of the best-selling novel.

"The book's chief audience is Hispanists, but scholars of Jewish studies will also find it interesting because it embodies a unique record of the ethical and intellectual panorama of first generation Sephardim in the Ottoman Empire."--BOOK JACKET.

The titles included in this exceptional series gather the masterworks of some of world literature's most celebrated names. Painstaking translations from the original English, German, Greek, and Russian preserve the essence of these classics for a Spanish-speaking audience, and the books themselves are elegantly and impeccably bound, as befits the contents. Whether drama, fiction, or philosophy, these magnum opera provide windows into social and historical contexts considerably different to the present day. From the classic novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass...