Manuel Puig

An examination of the form and significance of the 56 short narratives of Ramon Gomez de la Serna, based on a review of his own theoretical views on narrative, derived from his essays, prologues and vignettes, related in turn to theories of the modern novella developed by Gillespie et al.

Antonio Perez, the brilliant but erratic secretary to Philip II of Spain, became in the years of his exile a political agent in the service of the Earl of Essex, arriving at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in 1593. On behalf of Essex, who valued him as a friend, a partner and a humanist scholar, he cast an intelligence network over Italy; and he made a striking, though dangerous, contribution to the Essex cult.

Cuando la sociedad es el tirano reúne los noventa y seis artículos publicados por Javier Marías en el suplemento dominical El País Semanal entre el 5 de febrero de 2017 y el 27 de enero de 2019. «Detrás de lo que hoy se considera la sacrosanta "opinión pública", a menudo no hay casi nadie real ni reflexivo, sólo unos cuantos activistas que saben multiplicarse, invadir el espacio [...]. Cualquier sociedad es por definición manipulable, y en muy poco tiempo se le crean e inoculan ideas inamovibles», dice el autor en la pieza que da título a este volumen. En sus artículos, Marías,...

The evening that everyone has been waiting for has finally come. Heinrich Heine's "El pobre Pedro" will be performed on stage, by children for children. The young actors are getting ready for their grand entrance, while the theater-goers are streaming in. The curtain goes up and the story begins, the story of how Peter doesn't get Greta. It's dramatic, exciting, and sometimes even funny. By looking at the pictures, the reader can see how the audience reacts. They are either surprised, appaled, or amused. In his picture book for children, Peter Schössow adapts this old tale of love and...