The Byzantine Empire (Revised Edition)

En uno de sus mejores poemas, Borges refiere que el lenguaje es tiempo sucesivo y emblema. Rocanrol trata de ese tiempo condensado que es el de la Revolución, casi un aguero negro donde el cielo es tomado por asalto. Los personajes inmersos en la vorágine de la Cuba de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, sienten que la historia es una piel que se sobrepone a la propio epidermis. El rock será un medio eficaz para no perder la propia esencia? Cómo encontrarse a sí mismo? La muerte de un soldado en pleno entrenamiento, cartas del Che que salvan a una joven de volver a la prisión, un discurso de ...

Mucho se ha escrito sobre Francisco Villa y la Revolución mexicana, pero poca justicia se ha hecho a las familias que vivieron en carne propia las secuelas de esta época. La sangre al río rescata la memoria de la familia Herrera, mediante un enfoque que fusiona la microhistoria y una suerte de ficción real, en lo que el propio autor ha denominado novela verdadera. En esta obra se entremezclan ficción, entrevistas con los sobrevivientes, testimonios, descripción de fotografías, fragmentos en los que el autor nos relata su relación personal con estos hechos, ensayo histórico y...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...