Huellas de las literaturas hispanoamericanas

Unique in coverage, this comprehensive one-volume anthology of Latin American literatures—from pre-Colombian 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. It features detailed historical introductions to each period and writer, selections drawn from literary, historical, and socio-political contexts, and instructional aids that make the language accessible and encourage critical thinking. For anyone interested in Spanish literature.

"Las Cartas a Lucilio" forman un conjunto de 124 piezas publicadas en veinte libros. Séneca fraguó en estas cartas su obra cumbre, el testamento vital del filósofo, en el que están innumerables preocupaciones, vivencias y lecturas del autor. Son el único ejemplar que se conserva de una correspondencia filosófica en la Antigüedad y constituyen una pedagogía en acción, mostrando las técnicas que usa un maestro para hacer progresar al discípulo. Se detecta en ellas cierto método y un avanzar a pequeños pasos, como van desvelando poco a poco las complicaciones y riqueza de la...

Don Catrín de la Fachenda is a picaresque novel by the Mexican writer José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776-1827), best known as the author of El periquillo sarniento (The Itching Parrot), often called the first Latin American novel. Don Catrín is three things at once: a rakish pícaro in the tradition of the picaresque; a catrín, a dandy or fop; and a criollo, a person born in the New World and belonging to the same dominant class as their Spanish-born parents but relegated to a secondary status. The novel interrogates then current ideas about the supposed innateness of race and...

Kids love to be asked questions almost as much as they love to ask them. And asking is important--parents know the value of having meaningful conversations with their kids. In this book you will find the funny answers that Gianni Rodari found when he asked children questions about animals.

In this series of short stories, each one incorporates an individual plot within the fictional genre. Jellyfish Scars pulls the strings of the heart, while Healing Water leaves a lifetime worth of mystery. Lastly, The Comare incorporates the unnerving, with an Italian edge.