Vvelo! Beginning Spanish

Text in Spanish. A collection of nine contemporary short stories by outstanding Puerto Rican authors including Pedro Juan Soto, Wilfredo Braschi, Jaime Carrero, Jose Luis Gonzalez, and Tomas Blanco.

Each book comes with a companion CD which includes (American) pronunciation of the most frequently used words and phrases from the text. Perfect as a classroom supplement or self-study tool. Appropriate for all ages and levels of study. Exercises at the end of each chapter. Many words are nearly the same as their English counterparts due to their common Latin origin. The only difference is the word ending. For example, you can translate most English words ending in 'ant' (such as 'arrogant').

Se examinan los origenes del cisne modernista, desde la antiguedad clasica, el periodo medieval, el renacentista, el barroco, el neoclasico y el romantico. Tambien se estudian las influencias francesas y germanicas del siglo XIX. Despues se observan los cisnes de Ruben Dario y de otros modernistas, asi como la reaccion de Gonzalez Martinez y la supervivencia del simbolo en poetas posteriores."

One of the core authors of the '60s boom in Latin American fiction, Julio Cortázar made a contribution of international importance to the development of the short story as a literary form. This collection spans his writing career and includes La Noche Boca Arriba and Final del Juego (1956), Las Babas del Diablo (1959), La Isla a Mediodia (1966), Recortes de Prensa and Queremos Tanto a Glenda (1981) and Botella al Mar (1982). Of the seven stories, some are famous examples of his contribution to the genre of 'fantastic' literature, while others demonstrate his social and political concerns....