El horrible crimen perpetrado en Moscú a finales de1869 siguiendo órdenes del nihilista Necháyev, seguidor de Bakunin, fue la fuente de inspiración que sirvió a Fiódor Dostoyevski (1821-1881) para construir la trama argumental y perfilar los caracteres de los principales personajes de Los demonios.
En los textos «pacientemente» reunidos en La vaca, el siempre parco y brillante maestro del relato breve Augusto Monterroso (1921-2003) deja ver sus relaciones con la literatura, los libros y los escritores, desde Tolstói o Virginia Woolf a Jorge Luis Borges o Juan Rulfo, sin olvidar a Cervantes, Onetti, Raymond Carver, Julian Barnes.
La fortuna que han alcanzado las recopilaciones de cuentos populares provenientes de otros ámbitos culturales -como las hechas en su día por los hermanos Grimm, Perrault, Andersen, Afanásiev o Calvino- a menudo ha venido a oscurecer, de rechazo, el maravilloso acervo de relatos pertenecientes a la tradición de nuestro país.
This volume includes educational stories filled with moral lessons, presented in an indirect style that delivers values to children in an enjoyable and impactful way.
Kamel Kilani presents this Western classic in an engaging storytelling style for children, narrating Gulliver's thrilling adventures in the land of the giants.
Alexander MacLeod: el arte de mostrar lo insospechado que se esconde en lo cotidianoVida animal es un conjunto de sorprendentes combinaciones: delincuentes y transeúntes, hermanos y extraños, niños, adolescentes, padres jóvenes, ancianos, mamíferos, reptiles y peces.
En un lenguaje coloquial y sencillo, característico del tono familiar que empleaban los actores de comedia, las fábulas del esclavo tracio Fedro (15 a.
This volume contains imaginative stories that take children's minds on magical journeys, where dreams come true and characters experience extraordinary adventures.
You will read this delightful story and be utterly amazed when you encounter those tiny dwarfs whose bodies have shrunk so much that Gulliver appears as a giant among them.
Kamel Kilani presents this classic masterpiece in an enjoyable storytelling style for children, narrating Gulliver's adventures with the talking horses.
"Light pink vapors spread in the atmosphere of the planet (Neutus), in a way that the planet's climate had never seen before, and its surface seemed unusually desolate, to the point that the viewer would imagine that it was a deserted planet, were it not for that glass dome, which surrounds what looked like the ruins of an ancient city.
The sweetest smile in existence appeared on Najla's lips as she whispered a morning greeting to that single red flower, in the midst of a crowd of green plants that filled the balcony of her house.
Through his struggle, Al-Banhawi was able to transform from a poor, destitute person into a wealthy person, owning a thousand acres in the village to which he was displaced.
In this collection of short stories, Agatha Christie takes us on a captivating journey through her enigmatic literary world, presenting a series of witty and intricately plotted tales.
"(Haridi) shrunk in his seat, in the corner of that small café, in his village, nestled in the lap of the mountain, in the depths of Upper Egypt, as he listened to the stories of the café's patrons, about the heroism of its youth, those who avenged their murderers, throughout the village's long history, and those who took up arms.