Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, andanzas de un editor popular (1880-1901)

«Fue el destino quien me deparó aquella fabulosa aventura. Participé en aquel viaje único, cuyos milagrosos incidentes brillaron como meteoros. Hoy quiero intentar la descripción, breve y concisa, de aquella increíble odisea.»

Durante el ano 2010 la Biblioteca Nacional realizo un concurso de becas de investigacion bajo el nombre "Flora Tristan," para proyectos orientados a analizar las representaciones de lo femenino. Uno de ellos, presentado por Maria Gabriela Ini, exploro las representaciones del cuerpo femenino en dos tipos de textos: los escritos de Aurelia Gutierrez y la prensa periodica durante la fiebre amarilla. Se trata de textos del desgarro, escritos en una nacion que se va consituyendo en la guerra de las fronteras -y el impiadoso exterminio del indio- y en una ciudad asediada por la peste. Ini advierte ...

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...

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