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Anonymous
Cantar de Mio Cid
Poem of My Cid
Paperback 9788466322591 $10.99
This
chanson de geste
is considered Spanish literature’s
first narrative work written in romance language.
This song of heroic deeds tells the epic exploits of
a Castilian gentleman named Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar.
Having lost his honor after being accused of theft,
the Cid will spend the final years of his life fighting to
regain his honor by conquering the Moor kingdoms to
the south of the peninsula. An exceptional style and
vibrant episodes such as the conquest of Valencia or
the betrayal of the infantrymen of Carrión make this a
literary masterpiece. Included is a comprehensive study
of the work and its time, in addition to explanatory
notes to help the reader understand the meaning of
the work.
Anonymous
Lazarillo de Tormes
The Guide Boy of Tormes
Paperback 9788466369824 $9.99
This is a fictional autobiography of a street boy’s
“apprenticeship” to various cruel and treacherous
masters: a blind beggar, a miserly priest, a bankrupt
“gentleman.” This comic tale, written in Spain in 1554,
is a wickedly artful satire full of extreme perseverance
and brazen self-promotion.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
La vida es sueño
Life is a Dream
Paperback 9788420468808 $16.99
One of the grandest plays of all times, this dramatic
work is considered the author’s most representative
piece and symbolic of his vision of the world of his
time. This profound philosophical and existential
reflection on the greatest dilemmas of the human
condition is a literary and theater classic. Included is
a comprehensive study of the work, the author, and
his time, in addition to explanatory notes to help the
reader understand the meaning of the work.
Castellanos, Rosario
Ciudad Real
City of Kings
Paperback 9789708120838 $12.99
Winner of the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize in 1961,
this collection of stories, written by one of the
most significant female writers of Latin America,
exposes the suffering of the Chiapas people and the
painful consequences of race and class degradation.
Castellanos (1925–1974) received the most prestigious
literary prizes in Mexican letters. She was a professor of
literature in Mexico, the United States, and Israel.
Cortázar, Julio
Bestiario
Bestiary
Paperback 9788466309899 $9.99
Published for the first time in 1951, this is a collection
of eight masterpieces by the great Argentinean writer.
Perhaps the most famous short story is
Casa tomada
(
House Taken Over
), which tells the story of a brother
and sister living in an ancestral house that is slowly
taken over by unknown intruders.
Cortázar, Julio
Casa tomada y otros cuentos
House Taken Over and Other Stories
Paperback 9789707706026 $9.99
With an introduction by Luisa Valenzuela, this carefully
selected anthology contains not only Julio Cortázar’s
best short stories, but also a study of the author’s work
by Anibal Jarkowski. Included in the book are
Casa
tomada
,
Continuidad de los parques
,
La noche boca
arriba
,
Las armas secretas
,
Instrucciones para llorar
,
Simulacros
,
Conducta en los velorios,
and
El otro cielo
,
among others.
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