Atalayas del Guzmán de Alfarache

"Essays by translators and scholars from Argentina and US working under auspices of the Univ. Nacional de Mar del Plata. Translation is addressed with respect to both general issues such as gender and exile, and specific writers such as Borges and T.S. Eliot. Recommended for translators, scholars, and students"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Werner is a boy alone in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He shares his bunk with a quiet man named Herr Levin, who seems too gentle for this terrible place. One night Werner is woken by the sound of prison guards yelling. But its not Werner they want, its Herr Levin. Do your magic! they order him. Magic? In Auschwitz?

Inscrit en la tradició dels estudis americans, aquest llibre procura atendre la pluralitat de la civilització americana, des del moment de la fundació fins al món de l'art contemporani, amb la figura de Ralph Waldo Emerson com a eix central de l'argumentació.

The book refers to a time when people were still connected and live in harmony with nature. It is a history of nomads, tribes, and holidays to celebrate that everything flows, that everything can be seen as energy in motion, and that everything is continually changing. The text is written in poetic prose and the illustrations are dynamic and full of details and vivid colors. El libro ha nacido de la experiencia conjunta del autor y la ilustradora, pero no habla directamente de danza, sino que nos remite al tiempo en el que las personas todav�a estaban conectadas y viv�an en armon�a con...