Ciudad en obras

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Eamonn Wall arrived in the United States in the 1980s as part of a wave of young, educated immigrants who became known as the "New Irish." In this book he comments on his own experiences and those of his generation, who identify as much with contemporary ethnic and immigrant America as they do with the long-settled Irish American community. Wall's starting point is the now-closed Sin-é Café in New York's East Village, which was a hangout in the early 1990s for expatriate Irish musicians, actors, and writers. He comments on the poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs of both the New Irish and...

“He aquí un retrato del corazón del hombre que entrego al público con el nombre de Reflexiones o Máximas Morales”. La Rochefoucauld, noble, guerrero, conspirador y filósofo, hizo de su obra, llena de ironía, humor y despego, notable cinismo y prodigiosa lucidez, la más profunda reflexión moral que nos ha legado el racionalismo y, a la vez, una obra maestra del estilo, de la inteligencia, de la literatura.

La jirafa Marcelina, que no sabe de cocina, quiere hacer una gran cena que le guste a su sobrina. ¡Ya podéis imaginaros el lío que se va a armar! Sus amigos le aconsejan mil cosas disparatadas y la cena se convierte en una fiesta alocada. ¡Ay, querida Marcelina! ¡Qué desastre de cocina! ¿Cómo lo vas a arreglar? ¡¿Y qué vamos a cenar?!