Las siete vidas del señor Mici

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.

"No es posible ser sabio, estoico ni coherente las veinticuatro horas del día; es necesario saborear el placer de vivir sin la seriedad profunda de los compromisos laborales, las prácticas religiosas políticas y cívicas de la cotidianidad ¿Por qué no ser demasiado humanos para el disfrute de la vida, mirando a los ojos de mi interlocutor cuando hace memoria del pasado, o cuando saboreamos el presente El autor de Relatos Carnavalescos lleva al lector al pasado, le dice lo que se contaba en épocas de las espelmas, las velas de cebo o las lámparas de petróleo; cuando entre la cena y la...

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights have transformed as its stories have travelled across historical eras, cultures, genres and media. Departing from the familiar approaches of influence and textual studies, this book locates its central inquiry in the theoretical questions surrounding the workings of ideology, genre and genre ideology ...