Miscel Nea Religiosa Pol Tica Y Literaria En Prosa Y Verso
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Varamo
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Author : César Aira
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 2012-02-22
Varamo written by César Aira and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-22 with Fiction categories.
The surprising, magnificent story of a Panamanian government employee who, one day, after a series of troubles, writes the celebrated masterwork of modern Central American poetry. Unmistakably the work of César Aira, Varamo is about the day in the life of a hapless government employee who, after wandering around all night after being paid by the Ministry in counterfeit money, eventually writes the most celebrated masterwork of modern Central American poetry, The Song of the Virgin Boy. What is odd is that, at fifty years old, Varamo “hadn’t previously written one sole verse, nor had it ever occurred to him to write one.” Among other things, this novella is an ironic allegory of the poet’s vocation and inspiration, the subtlety of artistic genius, and our need to give literature an historic, national, psychological, and aesthetic context. But Aira goes further still — converting the ironic allegory into a formidable parody of the expectations that all narrative texts generate — by laying out the pathos of a man who between one night and the following morning is touched by genius. Once again Aira surprises us with his unclassifiable fiction: original and enjoyable, worthy of many a thoughtful chuckle, Varamo invites the reader to become an accomplice in the author’s irresistible game.
Brazil A Brief History
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Author : Américo Jacobina Lacombe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Brazil A Brief History written by Américo Jacobina Lacombe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Brazil categories.
The Carpenter S Pencil
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Author : Manuel Rivas
language : en
Publisher: ABRAMS
Release Date : 2002-08-01
The Carpenter S Pencil written by Manuel Rivas and has been published by ABRAMS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-01 with Fiction categories.
The acclaimed Galician author’s novel of the Spanish Civil War is “a sincere and beautiful portrait of a brutal, ugly period of Spanish history” (The Guardian). Novelist and El País journalist Manuel Rivas has been heralded as one of the brightest in a new wave of Spanish authors. Originally written in Galician, his native language, The Carpenter’s Pencil was a bestseller in Spain and has been published in nine countries. Set in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, The Carpenter’s Pencil charts the linked destinies of Dr. Daniel Da Barca, a Republican who cheats death in General Franco’s prisons; Herbal, an illiterate Falangist and Da Barca’s shadow; and an unnamed painter with the carpenter’s pencil, the man who unites them in life and death. It is also the story of Marisa Mallo, loved by both Da Barca and Herbal; Pepe Sánchez, the bolero singer; “Genghis Khan,” the wrestler; and the legend of two estranged sisters, Life and Death. All of these and more are bound by the events of the war. And all are rendered, in Rivas’s skillful hand, with the power of the carpenter’s pencil, a pencil that draws both the measured line and the artist’s fanciful vision.
The Continuum Encyclopedia Of Symbols
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Author : Udo Becker
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2000-01-01
The Continuum Encyclopedia Of Symbols written by Udo Becker and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Reference categories.
An alphabetical reference with more than 1,500 entries that trace symbols to their cultural, religious, or mythological origins, and explain the hidden or encoded meaning that lies concealed beneath objects' and concepts' ordinary, outward appearance.
Maistre Considerations On France
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Author : Joseph de Maistre
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-11-03
Maistre Considerations On France written by Joseph de Maistre and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-11-03 with History categories.
Joseph de Maistre's Considerations on France is the best known French equivalent of Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. This new edition of Richard Lebrun's 1974 translation is introduced by Isaiah Berlin, with a bibliography and chronology by the translator. Published in 1797, the work of the self-exiled Maistre presents a providential interpretation of the French Revolution and argues for a new alliance of throne and altar under a restored Bourbon monarchy. Although the Directory and then Napoleon delayed Maistre's influence within France until the Restoration, he is now acknowledged as the most eloquent spokesperson for continental conservatism. Considerations on France was a shrewd piece of propaganda, but, as Isaiah Berlin contends, by arguing his case in broad historical, philosophical and religious terms, Maistre raises issues of enduring importance.
Xicot Ncatl
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Author : Guillermo Castillo-Feliú
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-06-29
Xicot Ncatl written by Guillermo Castillo-Feliú and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-29 with Fiction categories.
As Spain's New World colonies fought for their independence in the early nineteenth century, an anonymous author looked back on the earlier struggle of native Americans against the Spanish conquistadores and penned this novel, Xicoténcatl. Writing from a decidedly anti-Spanish perspective, the author describes the historical events that led to the march on Tenochtitlán and eventual conquest of the Aztec empire in 1519 by Hernán Cortés and his Indian allies, the Tlaxcalans. Xicoténcatl stands out as a beautiful exposition of an idealized New World about to undergo the tremendous changes wrought by the Spanish Conquest. It was published in Philadelphia in 1826. In his introduction to this first English translation, Guillermo I. Castillo-Feliú discusses why the novel was published outside Latin America, its probable author, and his attitudes toward his Spanish and Indian characters, his debt to Spanish literature and culture, and the parallels that he draws between past and present struggles against Spanish domination in the Americas.
General Catalogue Of Printed Books To 1955
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Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
General Catalogue Of Printed Books To 1955 written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with English imprints categories.
Bibliotheca Heberiana Catalogue Of The Library Of The Late Richard Heber Esq
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Author : Richard Heber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1834
Bibliotheca Heberiana Catalogue Of The Library Of The Late Richard Heber Esq written by Richard Heber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1834 with categories.
The Book Of The Knight Zifar
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Author : Charles L. Nelson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-07-15
The Book Of The Knight Zifar written by Charles L. Nelson and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-15 with Fiction categories.
The Book of the Knight Zifar (or Cifar), Spain's first novel of chivalry, is the tale of a virtuous but unfortunate knight who has fallen from grace and must seek redemption through suffering and good deeds. Because of a curse that repeatedly deprives him of that most important of knightly accoutrements -- his horse -- Zifar and his family must flee their native India and wander through distant lands seeking to regain their rank and fortune. A series of mishaps divides the family, and the novel follows their separate adventures -- alternatively heroic, comic, and miraculous -- until at length they are reunited and their honor restored. The anonymous author of Zifar based his early fourteenth-century novel on the medieval story of the life of St. Eustacius, but onto this trunk he grafted a surprising variety of narrative types: Oriental tales of romance and magic, biblical stories, moralizing fables popular since the Middle Ages, including several from Aesop, and instructions in the rules of proper knightly conduct. Humor in the form of puns, jokes, and old proverbs also runs through the novel. In particular, the foolish/wise Knave offers a comic contrast to the heroic Knight, whom he must continually rescue through the application of common sense. Zifar was to have an important influence on later Spanish literature, and perhaps on Cervantes' great tale of a knight and his squire, Don Quixote. All those with an interest in Spanish literature and medieval life will be grateful for Mr. Nelson's excellent translation, which brings to life this extraordinary early novel.
Writing Diaspora
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Author : Rey Chow
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1993-06-22
Writing Diaspora written by Rey Chow and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-06-22 with History categories.
" . . . this is no doctrinaire tract but rather a concerted attempt to look at important cultural problems from a fresh perspective. . . . Chow's book is an excellent example of its type."—Discourse & Society "I believe that Rey Chow has written a powerful set of essays which offer a critical strategy for approaching questions of otherness and other societies by forcing us to constantly reassess our position." —Harry Harootunian Writing Diaspora questions aspects of cultural politics, including the legacies of European imperialism and colonialism, the media, pedagogy, literature, literacy, sexuality, intellectual labor, the uses and abuses of theory, and popularized notions about "others."