La Puebla del Río

En la primavera de 1968, Miguel Delibes viajó a Checoslovaquia (actualmente, República Checa y Eslovaquia). Este viaje de Delibes tuvo lugar precisamente en una época de plena evolución política, en un momento en que el país procedía a liquidar el viejo régimen dictatorial para dar paso a nuevas formas de socialismo democrático; todo ello ante los recelos de los países del Pacto de Varsovia, que llegaron a intervenir con las armas para impedir la implantación del nuevo modelo socialista. En esta obra, Miguel Delibes describe el proceso de esta tentativa y resume sus impresiones...

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

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On one hand this Peak in the air, only in the immensity of the dark night. On the other side, where there is clarity, this Great Tree, lonely and bored. And at the end to cut the night to be together.