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Maggie es una niña muy tímida que vive en su mundo, protegida por una fantasía desbordante que entre otras cosas le hace creer que todo lo que dibuja con sus rotuladores mágicos se convierte en realidad. Es una suerte que vea la vida así, ya que su historia es triste: su madre la abandonó cuando era bebé y se ha criado con su abuelo, con el que se siente feliz en su castillo, en una casita diminuta. Pero el abuelo se está olvidando de quién es, padece demencia senil, y las asistentes sociales del ayuntamiento quieren separarlos, enviarlos a cada uno a un centro. Maggie no lo puede...

Un topo, cansado de la limpieza de primavera sale sorpresivamente a pasear y a conocer el mundo exterior donde conoce a una Rata de Agua. Traba amistad y se queda a vivir con él. Conoce a diversos personajes que habitan en los alrededores: (el Sapo, el Tejón, la Nutria) y se enfrascan en diversas aventuras.

Leal recounts his experiences as a "child of the Mexican Revolution, " recalling the entrance of Villa and Zapata into Mexico City. He describes his life in Chicago from 1927 to 1943 and then in the Philippines as a member of the American armed forces. He also discusses his academic career and his contributions to Chicano literary criticism. The unusual format of a conversation between two friends gives readers a taste of the "tertulias" that Don Luis hosts, at which colleagues, friends, and students discuss literature, life, and art, thus reviving the Hispanic tradition of the "literary...

The 20th century's first Argentine best seller was Cesar Duayen's novel Stella of 1905. "Cesar Duayen" was quickly revealed to be Emma de la Barra (1861-1947), who besides founding the first professional school for women in Argentina, the national Red Cross, and a model factory workers' community, published five extraordinarily sucessful novels about Argentine society in the early part of the century. It was a time of economic anxiety and eagerness to redefine the responsibilities of citizens, both men and women, in this new era of rapid technological change and shifting global relationships. ...