Libros

Quizás sea el libro más famoso de toda la producción de Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), compuesto entre 1924 y 1927 Y publicado al año siguiente. Se trata de una revitalización del romanticismo, con su concisión, su dialogismo, su intensidad emocional. Con el Romancero gitano la poesía española consiguió uno de sus más grandes éxitos. El romance español no había tenido una popularidad mayor desde Góngora. Ni el desgarrado tipo del gitano una mejor expresión artística. Pocas veces en literatura se ha logrado una eficacia tan fácil en poemas breves, mojados de arte y de ternura. 

 

Gracias a Lorca el mundo de los gitanos quedaría convertido en un mito cuyo significado es evidente, se trata del destino trágico, siempre omnipresente. Son protagonistas al margen de un mundo convencional y hostil, marcados por la frustración o la muerte con ansias de vivir que se estrellan contra convenciones y trahas. 

 

Lorca funde admirablemente lo culto con lo popular y un portentoso poder de creación lleva a sembrar los romances de metáforas audaces que sin embargo, no debilitan su alcance humano. 

Carlota y su gato Merlín han ido a pasar unos días a la granja de sus tíos.Deciden dar un paseo tranquilo por el prado, pero curiosamente empiezan a encontrarse con diferentes aves que los increpan pensándose que el gato Merlín les ha robado la pluma que a todos les falta.Se encuentran con tantos animales que se quejan que deciden esclarecer el embrollo.Uno a uno irán preguntando sobre las misteriosas plumas a los diferentes animales que encuentren, pero ninguno sabe nada de nada. ¿Podrán resolver el misterio?

Como fiel reflejo de la sociedad en que se desarrolla,la literatura muestra los cambios y terrenos que ha ganado la mujer a lo largo de la historia.Aún queda mucho camino que recorrer pero MedeaSherezade, Morella,Madame Bovary e,incluso,Lisbeth Salander han ayudado a defender y reivindicar los derechos de la mujer.

En esta antología no hemos hecho distinción entre autores o autoras pues nos hemos centrado plenamente en los personajes femeninos como ejes de la antología.La maldad que estos reflejan,como verá el lector,se produce por el desamor,la venganza o la incomprensión y estará repleta de tintes sobrenaturales y misteriosos.

El Manual del Arquitecto es una obra de referencia creada por un grupo de expertos en la que se presentan todas las áreas clave en la práctica de la arquitectura y la construcción.Con un especial énfasis en las técnicas más actuales,incluidos los aspectos de sostenibilidad y eficiencia energética.

Su amplio espectro presenta desde las técnicas tradicionales hasta las más novedosas aparecidas y aplicadas en el siglo XXI. 

Las claras explicaciones teóricas se acompañan de estudios de casos prácticos por reconocidos arquitectos del ámbito internacional.

 

Este es un manual de referencia indispensable abierto a ser consultado tanto por arquitectos,ingenieros,constructores,así como por facultativos que deseen tener obra de consulta rápida y clara.   

Jane Eyre was the first novel of English writer and poet Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855).The novel narrates the life of Jane Eyre,the titular character,and her emotional journey to womanhood as a governess in Thornfield Hall. 

Charlotte Brontë used the story of Jane Eyre as a canvas for emotional discovery and spiritual sensibility,reaching depths previously reserved almost exclusively for poetry.

 

To this day it remains the most important and recognized work of Charlotte Brontë and one of the most famous novels in the English language.

 

Dracula is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most recognizable characters in all Gothic and horror literature.The novel was published in 1897 by lrish writer Bram Stoker (1847-1912),and although it enjoyed good reviews,it had very modest sales.

His work was compared by critics  Edgar ABan Poe and Mary Shelley\'s in both thernes and atmosphere,but Stoker\'s style of epistolary storytelling created a more compelling narrative.Stoker was not the first to come up with vampires or even the name "Dracula",as he was heavily influenced by European folklore,Cothic novels, penny dreadfol serials, and even history books.

 

Nevertheless,me amalgamation of such diverse elements resulted in a story that has transcended me test of time. 

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was the pseudonym of English mathematician and writer Charles Lutwidge Dogson.His fragile health and intellectual curiosity led him to develop a shy and withdrawn personality that clashed with the adults around him,although he always felt at ease amongst children. 

His most famous works are Alice in Wonderland (1865) and its continuation,through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871),both filled with magic and fantasy and written especially for kids.The author achieved great commercial success with his noveIs and became one of the most quoted English writers,after Shakespeare. 

In Alice in Wonderland, the world of the adults,the incomprehensible real world,boring and complex for children,quickly makes way for a more interesting and colourfullandscape,full with strange characters and amazing adventures for Alice and her readers.

 

Carroll was a master of literary nonsense,as a way of subverting language conventions or logical reasoning,creating a very thin line between humour and surrealism to emphasize the whimsical nature of his fantasy.Paradoxes and word play are a staple of the author\'s work,captivating children and adults alike and all over the world. 

The Metamorphosis is arguably Franz Kafka\'s most recognized literary work. Published in Germany in 1915 as Die Verwandlung,this dark short novel or novella,has made its way as one of the most important works of literary fiction of the 20th Century. 

Gregor Samsa,a traveling salesman living with his family in Prague-part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time,wakes up one day to find himself transformed, without rhyme or reason,into an indescribable creature.Understandably,Gregor Samsa\'s life changes abruptly and dramatically and the novel focuses in how this change affects the mind of the protagonist and the ones around him. 

This situation is very taxing on Gregor and his family,but is handled by the author and the characters very naturally,very stoically,as if there\'s nothing to do about it but to move on and make the best of it.This way of handling life and the impossible situations it brings is very particular of Kafka and his narrative.

 

He often explored the mundanity through tragedy and insurmountable odds-many times to the point of absurdity as a way of exposing human nature and commenting on society and the surrounding world. 

Moby Dick;the Whale is the work of American writer and poet,Herman Melville (1819-1891).Best known simply as Moby Dick, the novel narrates the story of Ahab,Captain of the whaler Pequod and his quest to kill rhe great white whale that gives the novel its name,as revenge for sinking his previous vessel and losing one of his legs. 

Melville relied on his experiences at sea,to craft a very complex and thorough narrative about whaling and me hardships of being a sailor,especially one on the hunt for the greatest creatures the oceans have ever seen.He also delved deeply into historical texts,scientific papers and personal interviews,in order to build and maintain the realness of his story,and also to bring the written page closer and closer to existence. 

Moby Dick was not a commercial success during the author\'s lifetime,as critics in England where the novel was first published-were less rhan welcoming to the literary devices ofMelville and his tale of revenge.

The new century brought a renewed interest in undiscovered and rerlooked American literature,especially amongst academic circles