Relatos de vida, conceptos de nación

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Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

A brief biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador, focusing on his role in the invasion and destruction of the Aztec civilization in Mexico.

El presente libro es una compilación de las mejores historias temáticas que se han publicado en el blog "Dichos y Bichos, bitácora de un viaje en la vida”, o de otros artículos escritos por @gjsuap, e incluye materiales de 2008 a 2014 inclusive. Contiene diez historias para leer en diez minutos cada una. En opinión de uno de los lectores, "recuerda la mejor época de la Revista Selecciones del Reader's Digest: tiene artículos variados, interesantes, bien escritos y documentados, que te dejan la sensación de que aprendiste algo nuevo. Debería llamarse 'Selecciones de @gjsuap' y se...