Ciudad y escritura. Imaginario de la ciudad latinoamericana a las puertas del siglo XXI

Baltasar Gracián reúne en esta obra 300 aforismos e ideas sobre la conducta humana presentes en sus obras, a las que añade comentarios explicativos no menos valiosos. El autor, conocido por su conceptismo propenso a juegos de palabras y sentidos, tiende a sintetizar y «oscurecer», pues está convencido de que así el lector aprovechará más su mensaje. Esto, que puede convertir en difíciles algunos textos, les concede, al mismo tiempo, una belleza poco común y les permite conservar su vigencia y utilidad práctica. Hasta tal punto, que desde la década de los noventa este libro es un...

The author of short stories, novels and essays, Benítez Rojo is an atypical intellectual in the panorama of Cuban exile because he offers an original perspective of the past, present and future conflicts of this troubled and complex area. This literary biography tells of his journey from his emergence in the Cuban intellectual world in 1967 to his death in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 2005.

Excerpt from Estudios de Crítica Literaria: Quinta Serie About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections...

This work features the best bibliography ever assembled on commonplace books and literature in English. The book focuses on writing, writers and the joys as well as travails of travel.