Refranes Chilenos

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La presente colección, caóticamente (des)organizada en ejes temporales y afectivos, comienza con una serie de cuentos escritos por Humberto Arenal durante las primeras dos décadas del proceso revolucionario cubano, pasando por la convulsa década de los ochenta, concluyendo con los últimos cuentos publicados en la década de los noventa. Particularmente, los cuentos seleccionados para este libro, eran los más queridos por Humberto, aquellos que siempre recordaba en cada conversación. Aunque hay mucho que decir, no intentaré contarlo todo en este “prólogo, introducción, prefacio, o...

En la primavera de 1839, tropas británicas invadían por primera vez Afganistán para exorcizar la fantasmal amenaza rusa sobre la India que angustiaba a políticos incompetentes y entusiasmaba a lobistas sin escrúpulos y que se vino a definir como El Gran Juego. Encabezados por emperifollados lanceros con casacas escarlata y chacós emplumados, cerca de 20 000 soldados de la Compañía Británica de las Indias Orientales cruzaron los pasos de alta montaña y restablecieron en el trono al Shah Shuja al-Mulk, dando comienzo a la Primera Guerra Anglo-Afgana (1839-1842). La barbarie de la...

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