El Gran Viaje

Una autobiografía personal, literaria y política que es, a la vez, reflejo de los últimos cincuenta años de la Argentina.

The correspondence in this brief collection tells of journeys, separations, fantasies, and misunderstandings experienced by the colorful Arthur Cravan, all written to his wife Mina Loy prior to his mysterious disappearance in the Gulf of Mexico. The complete and partial letters and postcards are not mere love letters but rather an introduction to a true character who embodied the worries, activities, and audacities of early 20th-century culture. Even though Mina did not love Arthur at first, it is quite apparent in the content of this book that he was completely struck by her immediately. La...

THOMAS MERTON. The man and his interior life - The work of Thomas Merton gives us the keys to solve our own contradictions that were also his: a life of faith and doubts, solitude and the necessity to live for others, the presence of God and his absence, poverty and the necessity of economic stability

Política nata, amante de las artes y finalmente icono de una era, Isabel, hija de Enrique VIII y Ana Bolena, asume la corona inglesa. De inteligencia aguda y estilo autoritario, gobierna el país en medio de dificultades que enfrenta y sortea con destreza: guerras, intrigas y conspiraciones para asesinarla. Vanidosa y astuta, logra ganarse el respeto de sus enemigos, rodearse de los colaboradores más fieles, y mantener la lealtad y devoción casi unánime de su pueblo. Decidida a conservar la corona y a no defraudar a los ingleses, elige no someterse ante nadie, renunciando incluso al...