Para la mayoría de los lectores —y qué difícil sería desmentirlos—, La invención de Morel es la obra maestra de Adolfo Bioy Casares, una novela con componentes filosóficos tan potente que llegó a influir, especialmente por medio ...
El genio narrativo del autor alcanza su cima más elevada con esta obra: novela de dimensiones épicas que relata la resistencia heroica de una comunidad indígena ante una injusta expropiación de tierras.
In the novel, the low-born hero, Jacopo Frontoni, is forced to become an agent of the state because his unjustly imprisoned father languishes in the infamous state prison.
Oscar Wilde's well-turned phrases and spontaneous insults still cause much amusement and admiration. This book contains quotes most of which are taken from Wilde's plays, novels and essays.
A study in anthropology, Haddon shows how magic, mysticism, and fetishism have played an important role throughout history. Though this book may have been written over a century ago, it's still just as insightful now as it was then.