¡Adiós al chupete!

Unique in coverage, this comprehensive one-volume anthology of Latin American literature, from pre-Columbian times to the present, covers not only the authors accepted within the literary canon, but innovative contemporary voices that are now breaking the ethnocentric mold.

In 1981, on the basis of documentary evidence, the authors identified the site of the first public theatre in Alcala de Henares, dating from the time of Cervantes. The building, which had been most recently in use as a cinema, showed evidence of four periods of dramatic activity: the original corral de comedias, an 18th century horse-shoe amphitheatre, an elliptical amphitheatre of Roman period, and the cinema. Research in archives provided a wealth of documentation up to the 19th century, covering all aspects of theatrical life, from the original contract for the construction of the corral...

Werner is a boy alone in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He shares his bunk with a quiet man named Herr Levin, who seems too gentle for this terrible place. One night Werner is woken by the sound of prison guards yelling. But its not Werner they want, its Herr Levin. Do your magic! they order him. Magic? In Auschwitz?

Al principio de todo, los cuervos tenían un pelaje multicolor: eran rosas, lilas o verdes, a veces tenían topos o rayas según las diferentes familias. Los cuervos vivían juntos y felices, pero un día un muñeco de nieve hizo una pregunta fatídica: "¿Cómo