Botas de Hule

Las once historias que integran Guía de pasos perdidos indagan sin complacencia en las múltiples formas de aislamiento que determinan nuestros encuentros sociales. Ya sea de forma impuesta o voluntaria, en acontecimientos cotidianos o hechos en apariencia minúsculos, la soledad encarna sin remedio en el ánimo de sus protagonistas, seres extraviados que, «entre la orgía y la ascesis», han aprendido a sobrevivir al naufragio de sus querencias y anhelos. En su primera colección de cuentos, con genuino lirismo y un singular estilo emancipado del canon imperante, Vela reclama el vértigo...

Before the time of books, computers, tablets and recording devices, the history of many cultures was passed down, from person to person, by word of mouth. The rich histories of so many people were told in songs, chants, poems and stories. This was and still is the way of Native American tribes. Each in its own way enriching their stories with their own experiences. By reliving these stories and songs, we have the opportunity to bring life back to the ancient spirits that created them. We have a chance to walk with the spirits of the past. Native Americans used their stories to teach the...

Born November 5, 1884, in London, James Elroy Flecker received his education at Uppingham and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Consular Service in 1908, was posted to Constantinople in 1910, and from 1911 to 1913 Flecker served as vice-consul at Beirut.These appointments reinforced his life-long love for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Suffering from tuberculosis, he moved to Switzerland where he died January 3, 1915. Influenced both by his classical education and by his experiences in the Orient, he published five books of poetry, The Bridge of Fire (1908), Thirty-six Poems...

Es 1849 y México está herido: ha perdido más de la mitad de su territorio, su población se desangra en una lucha fratricida entre conservadores y liberales, mientras que las potencias extranjeras esperan cualquier oportunidad para atacar a la joven nación. Sin embargo, en medio del fragor de las guerras y el humo de las batallas, nace una historia de amor como ninguna otra. Sofía acaba de enviudar y decide reiniciar su vida mudándose a Guadalajara, donde conoce a Miguel Cruz Aedo, poeta y militar apasionado por la libertad. Intrigas, traiciones y terribles epidemias son solo algunos de ...