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While Carmen de Burgos (Almeria 1867-Madrid 1932) belonged to the Generation of '98 in terms of her age, she is really too modern and progressive a figure for this categorization. A journalist, author, translator and progressive feminist intellectual, de Burgos was one of the most widely-read writers of her time. When she died she left a body of work impressive both in its quantity and quality: 12 full length and approximately 57 short novels. "La rampa" (1917) is the second full-length novel by Carmen de Burgos, and is dedicated -to all of the throngs of wounded and lost women who have come...

Entre fines del siglo XX y principios del XXI, en pleno proceso de reforma económica china, dos familias monoparentales viven en una remota zona industrial. Los seis personajes se conocen, se dan calor, se lastiman, comparten experiencias para luego separarse y seguir cada uno un curso de vida distinto y enfrentar a su manera los sufrimientos que la vida les presenta. Seis personas comunes, buenas y humildes que, en medio del desconcierto y las transformaciones sociales, buscan un camino que los lleve al éxito. "Siempre me he sentido apegada a la imagen del cuadro de Van Gogh Los comedores...

En Kaamos, justo antes de Navidades, la época más sombría del año en el Círculo Ártico, una bella inmigrante somalí aparece brutalmente mutilada en un campo nevado y presenta un extraño símbolo racial grabado en el pecho. Cuando Kari Vaara empieza su...

While few among Hans Christian Andersen's characters know a truly happy ending, generations of readers across the centuries have crowned him as perhaps the most popular and beloved author in his genre. Andersen's own humble origins and the extreme poverty in which he grew up are echoed in the often harsh fictional worlds he created, and this wonderful collection compiles 200 of his most memorable stories--all in their original versions.