Jorge: 1196 books

The essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans and the analytic philosopher Jorge J. E. Gracia share long-standing interests in the intersection of art and ideas. Here they take thirteen pieces of Latino art, each reproduced in color, as occasions for thematic discussions. Whether the work at...

An undiscovered modern Argentinian classic, based on the tragic lives of the renowned Raúl Barón Biza (a wealthy politician and notorious writer) and his wife Rosa Clotilde Sabattini The Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia’s face is disintegrating from acid...

Wealthy Colombian coffee-grower/rancher, Alejandro Calwel, leaves his wife and young son home when he goes to New York on a routine business trip. Then he receives an emergency phone call. His wife is missing! Alejandro returns home to learn all the evidence points to her drowning rather than...

Toward a Cultural Archive of la Movida revisits the cultural and social milieu in which la**Movida, an explosion of artistic production in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was articulated discursively, aesthetically, socially, and politically. We connect this experience with a broader national and...

In this fascinating book, Jorge Luis Andrade Fernandes critically examines the impact of colonialism and postcolonial migration on the politics and identity of Euro-American imperial powers. It considers how ‘outsiders’ are part of the construction of the ‘native’ identity of the nation-state,...

The poems depict mental verses by an individual who has been through the ravages of Depression in which uses old themes and combining them in a new contemporary style unique to his persona. As is with the rest of his poetry books, Jorge dedicates all his works to all those who want to enjoy them, but specifically are intended for those individuals afflicted with a disability.

"I couldn't believe my eyes. There, face down on my bed, there was a naked woman; and deeply asleep judging by her slow breathing. I didn't have the pleasure of knowing her. I rubbed my eyes with my knuckles, giving credit to the possibility of hallucination. But no, there was the woman. She...

Trovare un critico capace di dire l’essenziale di un libro in venti righe facendosi capire da tutti è un antico sogno di molti caporedattori. Ebbene, almeno una volta quel sogno si è avverato: negli anni Trenta, in Argentina, sulle colonne di una rivista femminile dall’ominoso nome di «El Hogar»...

Ao conquistar o direito de sediar a Copa do Mundo 2014 e os Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016, o Brasil aceitou o desafio de realizar dois megaeventos esportivos globais, que ao mesmo tempo despertam paixões e desconfianças. Há argumentos que defendem os eventos como uma janela singular...

Como él mismo Mañach señala, Perfil de nuestras letras surgió de una sugerencia de la dirección del periódico, para que comenzase a redactar una serie de artículos en los cuales desarrollara algún tema continuo. Entre febrero de 1947 y octubre de 1948 publicó 34 trabajos, que siempre salían...

La biografía de unos de los cantautores más emblemáticos de la música popular uruguaya. ¿Quién es realmente Fernando Cabrera? ¿Cómo es el hombre detrás del artista? ¿Cuáles son sus desvelos, sus obsesiones, sus amores y desamores? ¿Cómo lee el pasado? ¿Qué piensa del futuro? Fernando...

In this important new book Jorge Larrain examines the trajectories of modernity and identity in Latin America and their reciprocal relationships. Drawing on a large body of work across a vast historical and geographical range, he offers an innovative and wide-ranging account of the cultural transformations...

What visitor to Mexico City, unaware of its pre-Hispanic history, could imagine that right under a Christian Church may still lie the remains of the sinister tzompantli, the Aztecs' altar of skulls? Professor Jorge Hardoy poses this question and many more in his comprehensive summary of the ancient...

Finally, a practical and understandable review of venous disease and varicose veins, suitable for all audiences! In the age of internet, with so much information available to everyone, most people are paradoxically worse informed than ever regarding to health issues. The problem is that the...