Crimen perfecto I. Crimen a la carta

Mariana Pineda (1925) was Lorca's first success in the theatre. Based on a popular Andalusian ballad, it tells the story of Mariana Pineda who was garrotted in 1831 under the reactionary regime of Ferdinand VII for embroidering a Liberal flag and refusing to betray her lover. Written during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, the political message would not have escaped Lorca's audience. But the play is primarily the work of a poet and its appeal lies in the delicate tension that results from a deft blend of lyricism and drama which culminates in an astonishing level of spirituality in the...

Santiago Roncagliolo se entrega al humor en su nueva novela, protagonizada por un neurótico guionista de telenovelas. El arte imita a la vida, dijo Aristóteles. La vida imita al arte, replicó Wilde. La vida imita a la televisión barata, sentenció Woody Allen. Óscar Colifatto viste de riguroso negro y detesta la luz del sol, las calles frívolas y chillonas de Miami, los animales y los niños..., lo detesta todo menos a sí mismo. Maniático e hipocondríaco hasta el extremo, trata de mantenerse aislado del mundo para que nada ni nadie trastoque su monótona rutina como guionista de...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue. Master novelist Daniel Silva has thrilled readers with twenty thoughtful and gripping spy novels featuring the "much-loved Gabriel Allon" (Booklist) and ingenious plots that have taken him around the globe and back--from the United States to Europe, Russia to the Middle East. Silva returns with another blockbuster--a powerhouse novel that showcases his outstanding skill and brilliant imagination, destined to be a must read for both his...

Soledad Acosta de Samper (1833-1913) is the most prolific and important woman writer of the 19th century in Colombia. She is an exceptional representative of Colombian intellectual life of that century, not only for the caliber of her writing, the divergent disciplines that she researched and wrote about, and the intense cultural work that she undertook. An avid reader, in her travels to England and France, she personally lived the debates regarding the public presence of the woman writer, as well as the influence that women should or could exercise in society, especially in the lives of...