Escrituras nómades

This volume contains the full text of El abencerraje by Spanish writer Antonio de Villegas (c.1522-c.1551).

«Bienvenido al bosque. Verás que una vez a la semana, siempre el mismo día y a la misma hora, nos llegan víveres. Una vez al mes, siempre el mismo día y a la misma hora, aparece un nuevo chico, como tú. Siempre un chico. Como ves, este lugar está cercado por muros de piedra? Has de saber que estos muros se abren por la mañana y se cierran por la noche, siempre a la hora exacta. Al otro lado se encuentra el laberinto. De noche, las puertas se cierran? y, si quieres sobrevivir, no debes estar allí para entonces». Todo sigue un orden? y, sin embargo, al día siguiente suena una alarma. ...

Ofelia and Amoke appear to be complete opposites. The only things they have in common are an elderly, eccentric author named Virginia Wonnacott, the Hiraeth Association, and the feeling that something is missing from their lives. When Virginia offers Ofelia a job as her personal assistant, the lives of the two girls merge. Through conversations, used books, letters, and early morning Whatsapp messages, the girls discover a future they did not think existed as well as their feelings toward one another.

Language-as signifier and signified-serves as the focus of Diz's book on the Conde Lucanor. This is, indeed, an intelligent reading of the Conde Lucanor which will have considerable impact on Juan Manuel criticism and fourteenth-century studies.