El regalo de Ulúa

Kafka's The Trial has been read as a study of political power, a pessimistic religious parable, or a crime novel where the accused man is himself the problem. In it, a man wakes up to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. Faced with this ambiguous but threatening situation, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure.

El griego Polibio vio en la firme Roma la salvación de todos los males de la Hélade. El principal valor de sus Historias es haber concebido el Imperio Romano como un espacio moral y ético además de político y militar. Polibio (Megápolis, 209 o 208-después de 118 a.C.) es considerado por la crítica el último gran historiador griego, en la senda de Heródoto, Tucídides y Jenofonte, aunque a él le cupo ocuparse no del mundo heleno, sino del auge de Roma; más concretamente, su obra es un firme y documentado intento de hallar el consenso y el acuerdo entre la fuerza imparable del...

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Es la historia de un joven intelectual griego que escapa de su monotona y aburrida vida con la ayuda del bullicioso y misterioso Alexis Zorba."