Dalits Ardor

A passionate and solitary inventor of agricultural machinery fights for love and recognition from his community. Through this partially autobiographical tale, author Sherwood Anderson aims his critique on the rise of technology and industries at the turn of the century. At the same time, he recreates a story where nature has no judgments and beauty is troubling. Pobre blanco was praised by writers such as H. L. Mencken and Hart Crane when it was originally published. It remains a curiously contemporary novel and a marvelous testimony to Anderson.

Ortensia spettrale e nerovestita, Anemone raggiante e coloratissima, una introversa, l'altra estroversa, una infelice, l'altra piena di gioia di vivere, il positivo e il negativo: due gemelle che incarnano gli opposti archetipi della femminilità.

Todos podemos ser el demonio del otro. Todos podemos ser el sacrificio humano de ese otro. María Fernanda Ampuero, una de las voces imprescindibles de la literatura latinoamericana actual, nos empuja magistralmente a un universo húmedo, podrido y hostil donde la violencia marca la narrativa de nuestras vidas. En ese mundo se yergue una bestia de muchas cabezas que aterroriza y muerde a los débiles, a los marginales, a los sacrificables en aras del silencio, de la desigualdad, del odio, del abuso, de la muerte. Así, cada historia es un grito que contempla a las víctimas de estos...

A seriously wounded stranger arrives to the hospital where doctor Gardelli works. That same night, a mysterious fellow hangs around the corridors of the sanatorium, seemingly concerned for the patient. The following day, both individuals have been murdered. Soon after, the son of Gardelli is kidnapped and she receives a note demanding some information that the wounded man had with him. Al hospital donde trabaja la doctora Gardelli llega un hombre no identificado herido gravemente. Esa misma noche, un misterioso sujeto ronda por los pasillos del sanatorio, aparentemente preocupado por el...