El rito

La poesía de César Vallejo surge en un momento de transición, a caballo entre los modos fosilizados de un modernismo en decadencia y el nuevo aire de libertad que significó la renovación estética preconizada por las diversas tendencias del vanguardismo. Desde sus primeras expresiones la voz del gran escritor peruano ofrece un acento original, ronco, áspero y profundamente individualizado, siempre presente a lo largo de su trayectoria posterior. La continuidad de su obra, señala Américo Ferrari en el prólogo, se alimenta de sus obsesiones, heredadas de los grandes románticos: «la...

Burroughs and Kerouac: Two Outsiders Lost in Mexico This edition comprises two texts that explore the voyages of William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, who traveled to Mexico half a century ago: The Lost Bullet (1995 Malcolm Lowry Prize for Literary Essay) and The Disguise of Innocence. "I have left both texts intact," says Jorge Garca-Robles, "thinking that they were written in a specific time and space, and this makes them irreducible." This book combines, in an admirable and spontaneous manner, the portraits of two sui generis outsiders. Our backdrop consists of deserted landscapes,...

Perfect for fans of Alice Hoffman, Isabel Allende, and Sarah Addison Allen, this is a gorgeously written novel about a family searching for the truth hidden in their past and the power they've inherited, from the author of the acclaimed and "giddily exciting" (The New York Times Book Review) Brooklyn Brujas series. The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won't ever leave their home in Four Rivers--even for graduations, weddings, or baptisms. But when Orquidea Divina invites them...

A jovem Samanta tinha uma vida chata , que resumia-se nas idas à escola e às aulas de piano com a maluca, Sra Margot. Quando conhece Keven, um rapaz estranhamente pálido e com um aspecto nada saudável, Samanta acredita ter encontrado o seu primeiro amor e o responsável pelo seu coração bater mais acelerado. Contudo, o seu mundo desaba com a morte repentina do rapaz. Mas, talvez, nada esteja perdido e o amor dos dois, tenha sido sim, maior que a própria morte.