Poesía italiana. La lengua incansable

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.

El autor utiliza la manera en que Tomás Eloy Martínez presenta en la novela "Santa Evita" la biografía de Eva Perón, para advertirnos sobre el carácter "construido" de la historia "oficial" y sobre la existencia de una identidad nacional impuesta e indiscutida. El principal objetivo es analizar los rasgos generales de la novela histórica latinoamericana contemporánea y su relación con la "crisis de representación" que actualmente afecta a la credibilidad y la objetividad de la historia y su discurso, a través de la figura de Eva Perón. El escritor construye finalmente una novela...

At first, a little girl is thrilled when her parents bring home her baby brother, but soon jealousy takes over. Her mother helps her overcome her resentment in this story that many readers will be able to relate to.

Brings together 35 selections by both well-known and relatively unknown authors from all the major Latina communities in the United States. Includes selections that represent the major lifestyles or issues confronting Latinas today, including sexual and personal oppression, family relations, traditional and new ways of exploring the female identity and relationships with men.