El Caribe universal

The author of short stories, novels and essays, Benítez Rojo is an atypical intellectual in the panorama of Cuban exile because he offers an original perspective of the past, present and future conflicts of this troubled and complex area. This literary biography tells of his journey from his emergence in the Cuban intellectual world in 1967 to his death in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 2005.

Los siete cuentos que componen este libro delimitan una semana en tiempos de pandemia. Resalta la hondura de las reflexiones en torno a la vejez, el humor fresco que permite no decaer del todo ante un mundo atravesado por la calamidad y los conflictos de una familia y su entorno social. Son historias atravesadas por un nihilismo sardónico, sin estridencias, de una persona de edad avanzada que construye un mundo desde su propia fragilidad y deterioro. Del Acta del Jurado

Colombia produced one of the richest literatures of Latin America, as much for its abundance as for its variety and innovation during the 19th century. This value has been unknown due to subsequent writers and critics that rejected the importance of this literature and influenced readers to ignore this literary production as noteworthy. In the same way, this lack of recognition has been perpetuated by the absence of information of the literary works produced during the 19th century and has hampered the investigation and research of new generations of readers. Therefore, this Bibliography of...

This work studies Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas' poetry in Leprosorio. It examines the problems of culture in conflict: the perspective of both exiled people who have left Cuba and the marginalized population left on the island, the use of slang and idioms created by people in the 1960s and 70s, and the impact produced by political terror.

Este es el gran libro sobre las jineteras, como llaman en Cuba a las mujeres que ejercen el comercio sexual en un país en el que se dice que la prostitución está prohibida, pero donde se aplica la política de hacer la vista gorda. Es fruto de una investigación de casi diez años, en archivos y documentos amarillentos y empolvados, y entre las mismas jineteras, proxenetas, policías corruptos, taxistas, agentes turísticos, dueños de burdeles clandestinos y traficantes de droga. "Existe un mundo oscuro, sórdido, siniestro, asqueante y sucio en la Cuba nocturna, que se rige por sus...