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A hilarious, irreverent, and utterly original exploration of the hidden traps in multicultural experiences that confront the Buenaventura Clan as it flees its South American countrys political turmoil. Confident that their wealth will smooth their entry into a new society, the Buenaventuras are ill prepared for the spiny issues that arise at every turn. Using magic realism as her canvas, the author explores the seemingly minor yet utterly significant differencesbe they religious, political or gender-driventhat lie at the core of the traditions that define and anchor us as individuals.
From the creator of Don Quixote, the most famous figure in Spanish literature, comes this trio of novellas: "La gitanilla," a gypsy romance; "El coloquio de los perros," a dialogue between two dogs; and "Rinconete y Cortadillo," a day in the underworld of 18th-century Seville. Introduction, new English translation, and notes.
Miguel de Cervantes is probably the greatest writer of the Spanish Golden Age, whose influence on the Spanish language has been profound. Readers who know Cervantes only as the author of Don Quijote will be surprised and delighted by what they find in the Novelas ejemplares, published in 1613 and whose composition spanned a decade and more preceding their publication. Don Quijote may be the most celebrated novel in western literature, but the Novelas ejemplares are among its most unjustly neglected masterpieces. They consist of twelve long short stories or short novels, each quite unlike the others. The geographical contrast alone could not be sharper, with settings ranging from the Aegean t...
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This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public health. This volume provides a comprehensive, holistic analysis on the plastic cycle and its subsequent effects on biota, food security, and human exposure. Importantly, global environmental change and its associated, systems-level processes, including atmospheric deposition, ecosystem complexity, UV exposure, wind patterns, water stratification, ocean circulation, etc., are all important direct and indirect factors governing the fate, transport and biotic and abiotic processing of plastic particles across ecosystem types. Furthermore,...
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Doce novelas cortas que Miguel de Cervantes escribió entre 1590 y 1612, y publicó en 1613. Su denominación de "ejemplares" obedece a que son el primer ejemplo en castellano de este tipo de novelas, así como al carácter didáctico y moral que incluyen los relatos. El autor presumía en el prólogo de haber sido el primero en escribir, en castellano, novelas originales al estilo italiano.
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