El siglo XVI

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¿Acaso ustedes no memorizan un poco de poesía para parar la masacre? interpeló el “indio” al “hombre blanco”. Este libro surge como un escudo poético para detener esa masacre. Las comillas irrumpieron en la traducción del poema del árabe al castellano ofreciéndose como munición poética para hacer frente a la muerte. No obstante, en el epígrafe, que cita la famosa carta del jefe Seattle, asevera que no hay muerte, sino un cambio de mundos.

“¡La guerra de España me ha perdido!”, diría Napoleón en Santa Elena, sin haber llegado a comprender la naturaleza de un conflicto que no le enfrentó a un ejército, sino a un pueblo. En esta nueva historia de la Guerra de la Independencia, de una amplitud coral, las gentes que lucharon cobran vida, aparecen con sus nombres y sus rostros, y se expresan con sus propias palabras, gracias al prodigioso trabajo de reconstrucción que Ronald Fraser ha realizado, recuperando su voz a partir de los documentos y los testimonios de la época, con lo que ha conseguido algo semejante a lo que...

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...