Un club matemático para la diversidad

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

El fuego también purifica. La ausencia llena de luz la oscuridad de los recuerdos. Esa flama que ilumina el insomnio cuando ardo en silencio bajo la sábana. Calienta menos el amor que el desconsuelo. La combustión de la pérdida prende tanto el deseo, como los carbones que deja el relámpago después del miedo. En mi jardín de piedras, fui necio jardinero que aprendió a nombrar la noche, palpando las espinas del tiempo. Fue el incendio de las rosas el que me hizo elegir el fuego. R. N.

The sordid, thrilling, and comic story of two young lovers--affluent Lala and impoverished Guayi; examines the economic and social circumstances of Argentina and Paraguay to make sense of the characters' past choices and present misfortunes.

Like the other Sasek classics, these are facsimile editions of his original books. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than forty years later and, where applicable, facts have been updated for the twenty-first century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of each book. The stylish, charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek’s witty, playful narrative, make these books a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember them from their own childhood. In This is...