Venganza sangrienta

Martin Rivas, one of the most important novels by Alberto Blest Gana constitutes a clear example of the best chilean narrative tradition. Over the background of a frustrated liberal rebellion, amidst the growing opportunism of the political ruling class, the author sketches a love and social climb story, told with remarkable tact, equilibrium and vivacity. Province and capital, people and elite, french imitators and mixed race, romantics and social climbers, all make for and enliven a social picture of recognizable XIX Century hues. Martin Rivas is an entertaining whilst significative novel,...

The attraction between Rhage, a vampire with a voracious appetite and dangerous impulses, and Mary continues to grow as threats to her life get worse and she fights to become undead.

In this post-modern work, Donald Barthelme brilliantly deconstructs the mythical and omnipresent figure of the father through the irony of those who know that a son can never truly become a father. En esta obra post-moderna, Donald Barthelme deconstruye brillantemente la figura mítica y omnipresente del padre mediante la ironía de quien sabe que un hijo nunca podrá llegar a convertirse en padre.

El protagonista de esta novela se llama Álvaro Pombo Caller, y amigos y familiares lo llaman –aunque a él no le haga gracia– Alvarito, o Alvarín. El Álvaro Pombo Caller de la novela, tío carnal de nuestro Álvaro Pombo autor, tiene diecinueve años en 1936. En el Santander provinciano de aquel entonces arde, como en toda España, la confrontación izquierda-derecha, los encarnizados debates intelectuales y las exaltadas proclamas políticas. Alvarín, con su fervor juvenil y su admiración por José Antonio Primo de Rivera, se afilia a Falange Española en 1934. Su padre, Cayo Pombo...