El violín del virtuoso (PDF)

Probablemente el mayor logro de la antolog a que presenta Gladys Rodr guez Vald s sea el de la relectura cuidadosa de la obra de la poeta Gabriela Mistral y su actualizaci n. la selecci n de los diferentes trazos de su obra po tica se complementan con acotaciones y notas sobre las fases de su evoluci n en la escritura.

Mano Santa: En esta compleja novela, un acaudalado y prometedor cirujano puertorriqueño en la diáspora de Chicago sufre una crisis de media vida por: su agnosticismo, el conflicto de sus valores humanísticos con sus creencias políticas, y por la pérdida de sus sueños patrióticos de juventud. Busca en las neurociencias cognitivas (la biología de la mente) la solución a su agnosticismo y examina las teorías que postulan la existencia de un "área de Dios" en los lóbulos frontales del cerebro humano. Al no poder resolver así su agnosticismo, se lanza a una serie de aventuras...

Another dazzling novel by the author of the best-selling novel, Girl With A Pearl Earring. Chevalier draws a picture of family life that exposes the prejudices and flaws of a changing time, set against a backdrop of social and political turbulence in early twentieth-century London. "In her New York Times best-selling follow-up, Chevalier once again paints a distant age with a rich and provocative palette of characters. Graced with the luminous imagery that distinguished Girl With a Pearl Earring, Falling Angels is another dazzling tour de force from this "master of voices" /The New York Times ...

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Dream of the Red Chamber provides a detailed, episodic record of life in the two branches of the wealthy, aristocratic Jia clan—the Rongguo House and the Ningguo House—who reside in two large, adjacent family compounds in the capital. Their ancestors were made Dukes and given imperial titles, and as the novel begins the two houses are among the most illustrious families in the city. One of the clan's offspring is made a Royal Consort, and a lush landscaped garden is built to...