Vida, época y obra de Manuel Belgrano

"Retired general blames the pacifism, isolationism, legalism, moralism, and Eurocentricity of some members of Argentina's political and economic elite for engendering the lack of 'territorial consciousness' that encouraged the acceptance of detrimental border agreements such as those signed with Chile in 1881/1893. Questionable facts and arguments but reflects the uncompromising nationalistic views of some significant military and political groups"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

This book aims at following a path of tensions, analysing the forms born by the internationalization projects Argentine art and artistic avant-gardes adopted in the sixties. The author describes the conditions that paved the way for their conception, the strategies to accomplish them, the images that best suited their representation and the antagonistic and opposing discourses, which beat the rhythm of the controversies that characterized the period.

'Cuarteles de invierno' de Osvaldo Soriano es una postal de la Argentina traumática de los 70. En Europa, Soriano ya era famoso por Triste, solitario y final, pero el libro suyo que yo amo más es Cuarteles de invierno, con sus magníficos protagonistas; dos vencidos, marginados, pero llenos de orgullo y de dignidad. Son precisamente ellos quienes entienden la Historia en su propia piel; la violencia, el abuso y la dictadura que se han apoderado de la Argentina.

Aborda el diálogo entre los textos de viajeros extranjeros y los intelectuales locales de cada país (Argentina, Perú, Paraguay) en la conformación de sus ficciones nacionales.