El canto y la herida

Including Homage to Catalonia 'Spain not only defined Orwell as an individual, it also gave him his first glimpse of totalitarianism' D. J. Taylor, Guardian George Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on his life and work. This volume brings together his complete writings on the war, including Homage to Catalonia, his searing memoir of fighting in the conflict and the bitter betrayal that followed. The powerful journalism, essays, letters and pamphlets also collected here show his resolution to tell the truth about what happened amid a 'crop of lies' from...

Praise for Mezcal: "Mezcal is also a lyrical meditation upon the ultimate strength of the land, specifically the desert Southwest, and how that land prevails and endures despite every effort of modern industry and development to rape and savage it in the name of progress. Mezcal lingers in the mind as only the very best books manage to do."—Harry Crews "The author . . . excavates his own tormented life—and its relation to the land he loves—in a series of powerful, imagistic autobiographical essays. Like the desert he cherishes, this memoir is harsh yet lovely, full of sour self-truth. . ...

"El comienzo de la Luz" Un huérfano abandonado a las puertas de un orfanato, una historia secreta por descubrir, un viaje entre la realidad y los sueños a través de un mundo fantástico que desde hace años sufre una eterna lucha entre el bien y el mal. Alex, nuestro protagonista, junto a los caballeros dorados warlucys, pronto descubrirá que no es un simple chico abandonado. «Redención» Tras los intensos sucesos acontecidos en la primera aventura, Alex seguirá mejorando sus poderes y el control sobre la tierra de Atria y las criaturas que lo habitan. Pero la Oscuridad jamás...

Manual de Historia de la Literatura espanola dirigido principalmente a estudiantes de educacion secundaria y concebido como unos apuntes de clase que trazan una breve vision panoramica de la Historia de la Literatura espanola, centrandose en los principales autores, obras y movimientos literarios, teniendo en cuenta los aspectos mas demandados por los profesores de literatura de esta etapa educativa."