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Francisco Calcagno was one of the most prolific authors of Cuban XIX century, and yet one of the less studied by critics and scholars. His novels focused on blacks are nonetheless essential to understand how the creole elites view blacks and the fears they felt about the influence of blacks in a Cuba white and Spaniard. What could it then better than to read Aponte, along with Prof. Moran's insightful introductory study. There we find an excellent balance between history and fiction, archive material and criticism. In Prof. Francisco Moran's skillful hands Calcagno's novel becomes a literary...

Esta colección de parábolas, historias y enseñanzas que La Palmera Transparente ofrece al lector, es un homenaje a todos aquellos hombres y mujeres anónimos que, de distinto oficio y condición, preservaron durante siglos un saber y una tradición imprescindibles para comprender las raíces y desarrollo de nuestra civilización occidental. Desde Bagdad a Varsovia, de Pumbedita a Florencia, de Granada a París, de Estambul a Calcuta o de Fez a Livorno, el pueblo judío ha conservado un conocimiento valioso no solo para los justos estudiosos de la Kábala o para los piadosos que aman la...

"California, año 1790: empieza una aventura en una época fascinante y turbulenta, con personajes entrañables y de espíritu indómito, y un hombre de corazón romántico y sangre liviana. Llegó la hora de desenmascarar al Zorro.

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