Los tres pasos

In this book we're invited to choose words randomly, to count syllables, to let the stress in the words make its music, to give in to the meaning of words, to become readers of poetry, to spread the verses in Spanish that are ours and everybody's. Many wrongly believe that verses are written in a state of agitation, enthusiasm, or near-dementia, but, to the benefit of those trying to write their first poem, Hiriart proves that this is hardly ever the case. Great examples of poetry from classic and contemporary authors, and anecdotes and dialogues of great wit and precision, make this volume a ...

Although the three authors studied, Ana Maria Matute, Carmen Martin Gaite, and Esther Tusquets, are sophisticated intellectuals, they have chosen fairy tales and texts from other marginalized genres originally for female consumption (such as the novela rosa and the Hollywood women's picture) as the major intertexts in their novels for adults as well as in their fictions for children. Against the backdrop feminist theory and recent critical studies of fairy tales and children's literature, Solino studies the works of these authors as "gendered texts." Solino's book opens with a chapter that...

Este libro utiliza una aproximación sociohistórica al problema de la escritura de mujer en la Argentina contemporánea y examina cómo la represión (social y política) ha influido en la narrativa argentina actual. La autora analiza las novelas de la escritora Alina Diaconú y, a la vez, incluye testimonios de las entrevistas que realizó personalmente a escritoras argentinas como Leonor Calvera, María Esther Vázquez, María Rosa Lojo, Liliana Díaz Mindurry, Belén Gache, Esther Cross, Liliana Heer, Laura Nicastro y Mabel Pagano. La pluma y la represión cuestiona teorías feministas...

Acompañado de bellas ilustraciones, esta historia captura los sentimientos de una niñita que hace dibujos en la condensación de las ventanas mientras espera que su mamá regrese a casa.