Momentos estelares de la Independencia del Perú

El fantasma de las alas de oro, la quimera del azar, duerme en los sótanos del Casino de Montecarlo, y sale de tanto en tanto para perturbar a los seres humanos con el veneno de la codicia desordenada y la mentira de la salvación mágica. El falso coronel Arturo Tavera es una de sus víctimas. Ha dedicado toda su vida, y la de su familia, a una lucha ridícula y desigual por vencer a la ruleta con sus técnicas de jugador «científico». Para salir de la miseria a que ha llegado, no encuentra mejor expediente que casar a su hija Jazmina con el rico indiano Juan Espinosa, treinta años...

Young Billy McLaughlin heads out to Tahoe, fresh out of college and ready to live out his vision of the good life. This involves skiing everyday, partying hard, playing some guitar, getting laid, and otherwise not worrying about a damn thing. Much to his surprise, the easy life doesn’t come so easy. That’s because the world of “the gods” is working down on him. The sex-hungry Clarissa, Goddess of the Hunt, is making his life a living hell while Jim, God of Good Beers and Friendship, is trying to pull him through. The story takes the reader for a ride through the ski-bum life in Tahoe...

Biblioteca Clásica de la Real Academia Española. Joyas universales de nuestras letras Lope evoca los escandalosos amores con Elena Osorio que terminaron en un proceso y una sentencia de destierro. El poeta los recordó toda su vida, y en la vejez los recreó en una "acción en prosa" que es, en palabras de José Manuel Blecua, "una de las más bellas obras de toda nuestra literatura". Edición de Donald McGrady.

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