Macedonio Fernández

I became a father at fifteen. At my young age, I wanted to play at being an adult, and the responsibilities were coming day by day in my new chapter as a father. During my boy's first birthday, I had the opportunity, over dinner at my house, to tell my mother that I would soon marry Elizabeth. She took my hand and said, "You two are too young to take such a huge step. Life is just beginning for both of you, and you still have a very long way to go and meet many more people." Regardless of her words that night, my decision to continue with the civil wedding remained solid, and a couple of...

In the vast array and vitriol of our National Health debate , the doctors voice , especially that of the surgeon , is rarely solicited , and seldom heard . It is mostly the clamor of patients you hear or the rancor of politicians . This compendium of lifetime essays will restitute an imbalance that is long overdue . The collection speaks to how a practicing surgeon really feels about the vital medical issues of our day , and what needs to be done to improve his lifes work and his dedicated care for his patients . American medicine is at a desperate crossroads where the qualitative health of...

Primera y única biografía traducida al español de la reina del soul: Aretha Franklin. Con testimonios de todos los que convivieron y trabajaron con ella, familiares y artistas. La biografía definitiva de una de las más excelsas y atormentadas voces de la música sacra y popular de la cultura estadounidense. First and only biography translated into Spanish of the queen of soul: Aretha Franklin. It includes testimonies from all those who lived and worked with her, family members, and artists. The definitive biography of one of the most lofty and tormented voices of sacred and popular music ...

These compiled works by Mario Vargas Llosa include the author's most significant short novels. From his first work ever published, Los jefes, to the perverse and erotic Elogio de la madrastra, which was continued as Los cuadernos de Don Rigoberto. It also includes Los cachorros, ¿Quién mató a Palomino Molero? and El hablador.