Apuntes Para La Biografía del General de Division Manuel Gonzalez

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Una forma excelente de revivir las experiencias de la conquista de Colombia y hacerlas propias, es leer los documentos de la época. En ellos, los españoles –soldados, colonos, funcionarios, curas o cronistas– narraron lo que veían o hacían. Estos testimonios –crónicas históricas, informes oficiales, cartas y hasta poemas– ofrecen la visión de los protagonistas. Son narraciones apasionadas y llenas de distorsiones y prejuicios sobre un período dramático y violento, en el que los indios –cuya versión sólo tenemos en textos de los españoles mismos– fueron sometidos a una...

Obra crítica, incisiva y documentada que señala nuestros defectos así como el potencial del que disponemos, en un apasionado alegato que busca un país mejor.

El título de la obra procede de El antimonio, un relato del escritor siciliano Leonardo Sciascia que apareció en la segunda edición de su libro Los tíos de Sicilia, publicada en 1960. En dicho relato se describe de forma sintética y lírica el cerco de Madrid por los fascistas italianos en 1937. El estudio de la novela de Sciascia se completa con el examen de otros testimonios sobre la guerra civil española, en particular las narraciones de autores como Antonio Tabucchi, Carlo Lucarelli, Bruno Arpaia y Fabrizia Ramondino.

El Sueño de la Historia es quizá la obra más importante de la trayectoria de Jorge Edwards y una de las mejores novelas hispanoamericanas de las últimas décadas. Desde una perspectiva actual en que la muerte del ex dictador chileno, lejos de favorecer una superación histórica, ha provocado una revisión de los pactos de la transición, este libro ofrece una lectura integral y desapasionada de una obra polémica, en un marco colectivo que interpela directamente la historia reciente de España.