La utopía del regreso

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Según Ramón Gaya, pintor y poeta refugiado en México, la situación del exiliado "no está mal..., es como una habitación con los balcones abiertos". Si tal parecer resulta duro de aceptar, no pocos poetas llegados al exilio al borde de su madurez la alcanzaron de lleno gracias a él, aunque fuese de forma dolorosa, prueba de que la paradoja es certera. Es el caso de Domenchina, Prados y Cernuda, a los que este libro dedica la mayoría de sus páginas. Las restantes se ocupan de Max Aub en cuanto poeta, Altolaguirre editor de los clásicos, y una rara avis, Gerardo Deniz, quien, después...

This collection of interviews explores the role of religion in the lives of eminent South Africans who led the struggle against apartheid. Nelson Mandela, Chris Hani, Desmond Tutu, Nadine Gordimer, and seventeen other political, religious, and cultural leaders share the beliefs and values that informed the moral positions they adopted, often at great cost. From all ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds, these men and women have shaped one of the greatest political transformations of the century. What emerges from the interviews are reflections on all aspects of life in an embattled...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...