José Saramago en sus palabras

"As much as in other countries, there is a bildungsroman novel in Spanish America like the ones of Güiraldes, Vargas Llosa, and Pacheco. However, less studied is the same genre of novel written by women. Examines growing pains and search for freedom in a patriarchal society in the works of Elena Poniatowska, Rosario Castellanos, Claribel Alegría, Rosario Ferré, and Beatriz Guido. Interesting contribution to the growing body of studies on these writers"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

The story of a small French town during the 19th century. When a beautiful young woman moves into an old run down house, strange things start to happen.

Este libro se interesa en las conexiones de la literatura con los generos y esteticas de la cultura de masas. En todos los relatos considerados puede leerse la seduccion que ejercen las formas de la cultura popular, paralela a la producida b"y buscadab" en el lector, pero seguida de una inevitable "traicion." Amor e infidelidad hacia las formas masivas: los textos las usan, las integran pero no pueden evitar marcar la diferencia, que es la diferencia con "la otra cultura." Y es en esa distancia entre el uso seductor y la decepcion de lo esperado que se abre la posibilidad de una lectura...

There is a ghost in the girls' bathroom at school! It's the coolest thing that has ever happened there until the teachers find out. Will Ivy and Bean find a way to get the ghost out of the bathroom? Don't put anything past these two friends.