Con caña y café

Mediante una impactante e imparcial panorámica de la historia rusa desde el siglo ix, Paul Bushkovitch nos ofrece un profundo y objetivo análisis de la evolución política de una de las mayores potencias mundiales, así como los cambios habidos en su literatura, arte y ciencia. Dejando de lado a héroes y villanos para centrarse en lo que hoy son hechos, y no especulaciones, el autor hace un relato vívido, a veces crudo, que permite comprender el radical giro experimentado por este gigante como consecuencia de la caída de la Unión Soviética en 1991. De este modo, los precedentes de la...

Esta es una historia interpretativa de la cultura y el pensamiento ruso modernos No tiene la ilusión –ni la pretensión– de ofrecer un inventario enciclopédico del patrimonio ruso o una clave sencilla para comprenderla Es, ante todo, un relato selectivo qu

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Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...