El contorno del roble

"Presents a collection of manuscripts from the Spanish Nobel Prize winner, reconstructing his conception of the island of Puerto Rico, a place where he and his wife found refuge during the Spanish Civil War."

A major new bilingual edition of the Peruvian poet's work Cesar Vallejo is one of the best-known Latin American poets of the twentieth century. Challenging, intense, and difficult to translate, Vallejo's work has often been overshadowed by his fervent endorsement of communism. Noted scholar Ilan Stavans tackles the avant- garde poet's politics head-on in an enlightening new introduction that places Vallejo in his proper literary context, while Margaret Sayers Peden's new translation does full justice to Vallejo's complex literary style. Including Spanish and English versions of more than...

Love isn't always perfect, and neither is life. Follow this poet's journey through love, life and everything in between. Green Eyes Open is a collection of poetry that will grab you by the heart strings and keep your attention until the very last page.

La idea de frontera suele ir, por desgracia, asociada a la de prohibición, límite, diferenciación. Se extienden por todas partes fronteras valladas, oímos hablar de muros para separar pueblos, culturas, a los que apenas distancia el propio deseo de unos de no dejar pasar a los otros. Sin embargo, por encima de las concertinas y los campos de refugiados existen otras fronteras que nos devuelven al verdadero sentido de la palabra. Etimológicamente una frontera era una fachada, el espacio ante el cual nos disponemos antes de penetrar en el interior de un hogar. La intimidad de otra casa, a...