La Malinche

"Sé que la memoria funciona con intermitencias, selecciones, represiones y distracciones deliberadas. De hecho, en este libro sólo quise poner por escrito algunas aventurillas de mi vida.” Jorge Álvarez Las “aventurillas” de Jorge Álvarez son en realidad una inmensa parte de la historia cultural argentina del siglo xx. Durante las décadas de 1960 y 1970, la vida intensa de Buenos Aires lo tuvo como protagonista inmediato de la conformación de vínculos intelectuales. Pero además, supo leer en la textura social una sensibilidad heredera de décadas anteriores, cuando las clases...

Gabriela Wiener writes about who she is and the way in which she lives, and does so with refreshing sincerity. These autobiographical stories invite us to immerse ourselves in her world and take a good look at a woman fighting her demons. It addresses a variety of issues such as migration, motherhood, fear of death, loneliness of hotel rooms, triplets, the mysterious number eleven, and many others. This book makes the everyday appear as something rich and complex.

Autor de espíritu crítico, precursor de la novela por entregas de tradición anglosajona y padre de personajes emblemáticos como Oliver Twist o David Copperfield, la popularidad de su obra ha resistido el paso de modas y épocas, otorgándole un lugar indiscutible entre los clásicos de la literatura universal.

Pombo: a man of Che's guerrilla is a never-before-published story of the 1966-68 revolutionary campaign in Bolivia led by Ernesto Che Guevara. It is the diary and account of Pombo - a member of Guevara's general staff, a young Cuban fighter still in his 20s and already a veteran of a decade of struggle around the globe. Harry Villegas, known the world over by his nom de guerre, Pombo, is today a brigadier general in Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces. His day-by-day account of an epic chapter in the history of the Americas illuminates the times we are living through and foreshadows the titanic ...