La silva curiosa de Julián de Medrano

An intriguing study of The Da Vinci Code looks at the content, themes, real-life historical background and characters, and revelations of the best-selling novel.

Excerpt from El Hispanismo en Norte-America: Exposicion y Critica de Su Aspecto Literario About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the...

This analysis shows that Reinaldo Arenas' work is one of exile and alienation. Arenas, as a human being as well as an author, suffered all forms of exile, and these influence the structure of his work. In his literary work, as well as in his life, all the definitions of exile given by sociology are present; that of inner exile, to which Arenas added a new characteristic, and that of territorial exile as well. His work represents the vision of the marginated, imprisoned, persecuted, rejected. The purpose of his novels and poetry is to reveal, from a historical reconstruction, the explanation...

Desde los tiempos de Iván el Terrible, generaciones de líderes rusos han convertido el Kremlin en una fortaleza, equipando el laberinto que forma su subsuelo con cámaras acorazadas y tesoros de valor incalculable. Michael Saint Pierre, maestro entre ladrones, tiene la mayor de las motivaciones para orquestar un asalto al santuario del poder ruso: dos vidas están en juego. Y miles de años de creencias religiosas penden de su éxito o su fracaso.