Relato de Dos Hermanos y una Reina Loca

Two writers, a deceased mother and her seventy-year-old son, Pancho, isolated in a palace near the sea in Galicia, are attended by an enigmatic old servant woman. The past haunts them with the unexpected visit of a man who had been Pancho’s secretary twenty years before. Soon, a child, this man’s son, moves into the palace, taking events to a tragic, ironic and surprising ending. This novel was made into a Spanish language movie: "El juego de los mensajes invisibles" (The Game of the Invisible Messages... 1991).

Di Atzeni, morto giovane inghiottito dal mare della sua isola, pubblichiamo il primo e l'ultimo racconto: 'Il demonio è cane bianco', una vecchia leggenda sarda, del diavolo che viene a conoscere un paesino, e 'Bellas mariposas', una nuova leggenda sarda, di due ragazzine del melting pot umano di un quartiere popolare di Cagliari che in una giornata conoscono se stesse.

Loin de ne renvoyer qu’à une notion impertinente ou insignifiante, celle de conversation possède une historicité propre qui remonte à la plus haute Antiquité. Son extension actuelle apparaît considérable, qu’il s’agisse de la linguistique pragmatique, des divers courants du dialogisme dans les sciences humaines ou encore de la littérature. C’est cette diversité de la conversation – qui est aussi sa productivité et sa richesse propres – que font apparaître, en particulier dans le domaine hispanique, les différents textes de ce numéro. De Javier Tomeo à Julio...

College drop-out Roxy Cumberland moved to New York with dreams of becoming an actress, but her dwindling bank account is quickly putting the kibosh on that fantasy. To make some quick cash, she signs up to perform singing telegrams. Her first customer is a gorgeous, cocky Manhattan trust-funder.