Ad memoriam

Aqu� todo est� en guerra. No s�lo hay muchas historias que se desarrollan en los a�os de la llamada Guerra Sucia en el Cono Sur, sino tambi�n guerra entre parejas, guerra de viejos contra la vejez, de j�venes contra la inmadurez, del erotismo contra la muerte, de mujeres contra su fisiolog�a, de transexuales contra andr�ginos, del compromiso contra el desinter�s, del lenguaje contra s� mismo. Y de estas batallas surgen importantes preguntas. Todo esto ba�ado por una malicia, mucha astucia, una capacidad de travesura y un rigor sin paralelo entre narradores...

Offers detailed analyses and reconstructions of Picon's eight novels. Of special significance to modern readers are his conceptions of Spanish history and character, patriotism, and women and sex -- conceptions that for their day may be considered advanced.

A comprehensive catalog of the byzantine operations of the "Circus" and the details surrounding the life of fictional spy George Smiley

A sixteen-year-old girl writes in her diary about all the problems and events of her life, which include romance, depression, animal rights, stress, and health.