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La sombra del tiempo
Localizada en la Roma de finales del XVIII, donde conviven la belleza y la decrepitud, un pasado de muchos siglos de gloria y el incierto futuro derivado de la Revolución, La sombra del tiempo (1981) fue la primera novela publicada por un autor que se inició tardíamente en la narrativa pero dejaría, como en otros terrenos, un buen número de obras memorables. En el curso de un solo invierno, entre la Navidad y la Pascua de 1799, una joven viuda francesa –aristócrata emigrada del Terror, que recuerda treinta años después los sucesos que cuenta– vive en la ciudad eterna una prodigiosa historia en la que se mezclan nostalgias, ensueños, amores, una patética visión del poder, la gran sacudida revolucionaria, los magníficos simulacros del arte y una humilde y turbadora presencia de santidad. Entre la ficción y la realidad histórica, desde una perspectiva irónica trufada de guiños culturales, Carlos Pujol se reveló con esta fascinante novela como un fabulador ameno y exquisito, capaz de retratar en una intriga conmovedora el contradictorio espíritu de toda una época.
Studies in Medieval Literature and Languages
As son of the second president of the United States, father to the minister to the Court of St. James, and grandfather to author Henry Adams, John Quincy Adams was part of an American dynasty. In his own career as secretary of state, President, senator, and congressman, Adams was an actor in some of the most dramatic events of the nineteenth century. In this biography, Lynn Hudson Parsons chronicles the life of one of America's most absorbing figures. From the day in 1778 when as a boy he accompanied his father on a diplomatic mission to France, to his last years as an eloquent opponent of his country's foreign and domestic policies, Adams was rarely detached from public affairs. And yet, this biography reveals Adams as a man never truly at home anywhere - in Washington he was stubborn and reclusive, in Europe he was a phlegmatic ideologue, a bulldog among spaniels. His story parallels America's own.
Advances in Medical Education
About 550 registrants from 51 different countries attended the Seventh Ottawa Conference on Medical Education and Assessment in Maastricht. We received 525 abstracts for the conference, divided in thematic poster sessions and platform presentations. Organising the conference was an honour and we tried to meet the high standards of a friendly and relaxed atmosphere which has characterized previous Ottawa conferences. During and after the conference about 250 papers were submitted for publication in the conference proceedings, leaving us little time for a post-conference depression. Despite the large number of papers, the editors have attempted to review and edit the papers as care fully as po...
Ramon Pujol
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Dos historias romanas
Dos historias romanas es un díptico novelesco que tiene como doble escenario la ciudad de Roma, aunque en dos épocas muy distintas. La plaza de piedra se sitúa en la Roma inmediatamente anterior a la desaparición de los Estados Pontificios en 1870, y La lección del fantasma transcurre en la Italia de Mussolini, poco antes de que el país entrase en la segunda guerra mundial.En ambos casos, unos personajes españoles protagonizan peripecias en las que el humor envuelve fantasías, dramas y recuerdos que la memoria impone irresistiblemente a la realidad. Carlos Pujol confirma así la elegancia y la sutileza de su arte narrativo.
De luxuria propagata romana aetate. Roman luxury in its many forms
This book focuses on luxonomics, or the economy of luxury in Roman times, and how its study is an element that is essential to understanding the history of the period. Organised in chronological order, the evolution of the luxury economy is divided into areas of consumption, production, and criticism.
Empordan Scafarlata
A lively, powerful description of landscapes, events and people from one of Catalonia's foremost writers.
