A ese tiempo

Leer la Gitanilla, como cualquiera de las novelas ejemplares, con la seguridad de que se entrará a una ficción amena, vívida y de movimiento siempre seguro y entretenido, que por añadidura va revelando, como los sabores que deja el vino en la boca una vez bebido, más y más recursos, como imágenes, ideas y citas, que van enriqueciendo la lectura superficial y dotan de esa vida densa, sugerente y excepcional a casi todo el material cervantino, fuente inagotable de enseñanzas sencillas.

This travelogue provides a basic reader for students on the upper high-school level and for secondary-level college students. The author's expert knowledge of the language and the country has enabled him to give free rein to his love affair with Guatemala. The result is a well-planned exercise in language, complete with extensive notes, exercises, and vocabu­lary, but enlivened with real-life learning experience. Interwoven with the sights of present-day Guatemala are glimpses into the past of Mayan civilization. Mr. Davis has drawn from his own knowledge of the country in the careful...

Young Billy McLaughlin heads out to Tahoe, fresh out of college and ready to live out his vision of the good life. This involves skiing everyday, partying hard, playing some guitar, getting laid, and otherwise not worrying about a damn thing. Much to his surprise, the easy life doesn’t come so easy. That’s because the world of “the gods” is working down on him. The sex-hungry Clarissa, Goddess of the Hunt, is making his life a living hell while Jim, God of Good Beers and Friendship, is trying to pull him through. The story takes the reader for a ride through the ski-bum life in Tahoe...