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Ofelia and Amoke appear to be complete opposites. The only things they have in common are an elderly, eccentric author named Virginia Wonnacott, the Hiraeth Association, and the feeling that something is missing from their lives. When Virginia offers Ofelia a job as her personal assistant, the lives of the two girls merge. Through conversations, used books, letters, and early morning Whatsapp messages, the girls discover a future they did not think existed as well as their feelings toward one another.

Many of the fundamental concerns of Chicano and Mexican letters are dealt with by Leal, such as the meaning and origin of the myth of Aztlan, the problem of distinguishing Chicano literature from American and Mexican literature, the consideration of the influence of the Mexican Revolution novel on Chicano narrative, the description of the feminine archetypes of the Mexican Revolution novel on Chicano narrative, and a review of the North American as depicted in Mexican literature.

Edición crítica y traducción de la versión latina, elaborada en Hispania a mediados del siglo XII, de las epístolas atribuidas al musulmán al-Hasimi y al cristiano al-Kindi, un importante documento de la polémica cristiana contra el islam redactado en árabe a mediados del siglo IX.

Esta obra ofrece una visión general de la historia de la lengua española. Dado que se trata de un discurso, el autor condensa en cuarenta y ocho páginas nuestra historia lingüística siguiendo una estructura cronológica que le lleva a enumerar sucesivamente los distintos pobladores que se asentaron en la Península. así como la influencia de otras lenguas sobre el castellano. Abarca desde la época prerromana hasta el siglo XVII.