Alejo Carpentier y la cultura del surrealismo en América Latina

El autor, una de las figuras más destacadas de la crítica literaria y cinematográfica cubana, reúne en este libro sus mejores ensayos. Dada su preocupación por los problemas que relacionan la historia moderna de Cuba con sus intelectuales, Fornet despliega de manera excepcional las líneas del desarrollo de la cultura cubana a partir de la guerra hispano-cubano-americana de 1898 y de la independencia mediatizada.

Un papel volandero cae en manos de Coco, Canela y Anís, como siempre, se ponen los tres a jugar e imaginar. ¿Cuántas cosas diferentes puede llegar a ser un simple papel? ...son tres que se quieren mucho, igual que la trucha al trucho...

This book is written in Spanish. This book is a study of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Spanish author don Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) during his stay at the Courts of Palermo and Naples (1613-1619) in the service of the Viceroy Duke of Osuna. Attention is paid particularly to his early knowledge of the works of the poet Marino, his role as protector of the Arts, and as intercessor on behalf of the philosopher Campanella. The second part of the book offers a detailed analysis of the author's writings during his Italian and post-Italian years as a result of his...

Bodas de sangre is arguably the best-known work by the most celebrated of all twentieth-century Spanish writers. A passionate story of family feud and tragic elopement is played out in the setting of a poor country village, building up to a dramatic ending full of the intensely poetic symbolism characteristic of Lorca.