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One of the core authors of the '60s boom in Latin American fiction, Julio Cortázar made a contribution of international importance to the development of the short story as a literary form. This collection spans his writing career and includes La Noche Boca Arriba and Final del Juego (1956), Las Babas del Diablo (1959), La Isla a Mediodia (1966), Recortes de Prensa and Queremos Tanto a Glenda (1981) and Botella al Mar (1982). Of the seven stories, some are famous examples of his contribution to the genre of 'fantastic' literature, while others demonstrate his social and political concerns....

Manual-guía de la principal y actual fraseología tópica castellana, con lugares comunes, locuciones inertes, símiles manidos, metáforas muertas, modismos trillados, bordones conversacionales, colocaciones hueras y partículas expletivas; cómo identificarlos, evitarlos y, quizá, erradicarlos; documentados históricamente con citas históricas y periodísticas.

The editors and fourteen other research linguists discuss--in English and in Spanish--the African influence on Caribbean phonology, dominant sociolinguistic attitudes in Puerto Rico, and historico-legal aspects of bilingualism in colonial Hispanic America.

En un volumen de 17 cuentos Rulfo pinta destinos que se mueven entre la realidad y la irrealidad de la vida campesina en Jalisco, su provincia natal, al suroeste de la ciudad de México