Castigos del rey don Sancho IV

This analysis shows that Reinaldo Arenas' work is one of exile and alienation. Arenas, as a human being as well as an author, suffered all forms of exile, and these influence the structure of his work. In his literary work, as well as in his life, all the definitions of exile given by sociology are present; that of inner exile, to which Arenas added a new characteristic, and that of territorial exile as well. His work represents the vision of the marginated, imprisoned, persecuted, rejected. The purpose of his novels and poetry is to reveal, from a historical reconstruction, the explanation...

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A través de la lectura de los autorretratos de Rembrandt o de la pintura de Van Gogh, de las esculturas de Brancusi, de la obra de Miquel Barceló, Dégas, Leon Kossoff, Miguel Ángel, Antonioni, Giorgio Morandi o Frida Kahlo, el autor aventura algunos pasos hacia una pequeña teoría de lo visible, incitando a la resistencia contra la inhumanidad del nuevo orden económico mundial.

Una inteligente reflexión sobre el presente y el futuro de América Latina, ganadora del II Premio Debate-Casa de América. «Fue en España, para ser más preciso en Salamanca, apabullado por las centenarias piedras de Villamayor, frente a las severas estatuas de fray Luis de León y Unamuno, o al menos ante sus nombres inscritos en camisetas, afiches y llaveros, donde descubrí que yo era latinoamericano. Acababa de cumplir veintiocho años y hasta entonces había vivido en México, donde jamás fui consciente de esta condición y donde nunca tuve la fortuna o la desgracia de toparme con...