Relatos y otros cuentos

Margit Frenk, la reconocida filóloga e hispanista, explora en este libro algunas de las particularidades de la máxima obra cervantina, el Quijote, y le cuestiona sobre algunos temas de suma importancia. En estos Cuatro ensayos sobre el Quijote, se exploran el prólogo como inicio de la novela, el papel del narrador y algunas de sus peculiaridades, más los ineludibles temas de la locura y la muerte. El resultado es una obra de gran valor para los estudios cervantinos y un texto capaz de recordarnos que el Quijote sigue tan vigente como hace cuatrocientos años.

Little mouse decides to pull a prank his friends the bird and the squirrel by telling him that he has seen a blue wolf. What happens when a blue wolf actually appears?

One of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial. Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350¡1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives.

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 ...