La ballena ciega

An anthology of essays by one of Coahuila's most noted authors and essayists of the mid 20th century (1915-1968). Subjects include the artist Rubén Herrera, Lopez Velarde's "Suave Patria", Sor Juana, Alfonso Reyes and Carlos Pereyra.

“I hate literary letters, carefully drafted, copied over and over; I sit at the typewriter and let the vast river of thoughts and affection flow,” Julio Cortázar wrote in 1942: a statement he lived by. In these letters, which read like a personal diary, autobiography and «binnacle» for his books, we glimpse the making of an unmistakable style. Ever-inquisitive, Cortázar delves into every aspect of his efforts as a writer, his political restlessness and personal ups-and-downs. He sums up each day, comments on what he reads, hears and sees, and recounts his adventures as a translator,...

En plena madurez literaria, sor Juana critico un sermon del padre Vieyra. Ello provoco que el obispo de Puebla, Manuel Fernandez de Santa Cruz, le pidiera que abandonase la literatura y se dedicase por entero a la religion. Sor Juana se defendio con una aguda respuesta. In the midst of her literary maturity, Sor Juana criticized a sermon given by Father Vieyra. That critique provoked the Bishop of Puebla, Manuel Fernandez de Santa Cruz, to ask her to give up literature and dedicate herself exclusively to religious duties. Sor Juana defended herself with a sharply written response.

Tenemos ante nosotros el magnus opus de Francisco Morán. Este es el estudio crítico más abarcador sobre el "lado oscuro" de José Martí y viene a develar nuevas y muy fecundas posibilidades interpretativas en torno a una vida y una obra que, víctimas de bajos juegos maniqueos en el ámbito público y de un academicismo elocuente en sus silencios de desidia ptriarcal y patrotera, han sufrido clausura por demasiado tiempo. La figura que surge de la oscura celda es la de un hombre políticamente encorvado cuyos dilemas éticos crecen en proporción inversa a la proximidad de los agentes...