Punto C/ELE. Nivel A1

Asoman por estas páginas escritores egregios como Borges, Jünger, Goethe, Mann, Hesse, Dostoievski, Stevenson o Primo Levi, y otros anónimos como un chamán groenlandés o un poeta amazónico, además de reflexiones sobre el papel del intelectual, la frontera y la identidad o los caprichos de la Historia; encuentros con personajes de sinuosos destinos y redescubrimientos de obras hoy olvidadas. La literatura y la vida fluyen y se entremezclan en este libro memorable.

Including Homage to Catalonia 'Spain not only defined Orwell as an individual, it also gave him his first glimpse of totalitarianism' D. J. Taylor, Guardian George Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on his life and work. This volume brings together his complete writings on the war, including Homage to Catalonia, his searing memoir of fighting in the conflict and the bitter betrayal that followed. The powerful journalism, essays, letters and pamphlets also collected here show his resolution to tell the truth about what happened amid a 'crop of lies' from...

Pronunciamos la palabra "utopía" y, generalmente, una burlona o compasiva sonrisa se dibuja en el rostro del interlocutor. Las fuerzas oscuras de la historia las que siempre han operado como retranca o freno de cualquier innovación o perspectiva renovadora la han saturado de adherencias negativas, asimilándola al terreno de lo imposible, de la ilusión, de lo fantasioso y de lo que, anticipadamente, está condenado al fracaso. Cuestionando tal perspectiva, el estudio de Isabel Aguilar Umaña exhaustivo recorrido por las cumbres del pensamiento utópico demuestra que, tras casa meta que el...

This travelogue provides a basic reader for students on the upper high-school level and for secondary-level college students. The author's expert knowledge of the language and the country has enabled him to give free rein to his love affair with Guatemala. The result is a well-planned exercise in language, complete with extensive notes, exercises, and vocabu­lary, but enlivened with real-life learning experience. Interwoven with the sights of present-day Guatemala are glimpses into the past of Mayan civilization. Mr. Davis has drawn from his own knowledge of the country in the careful...