Pasando el rato en un país cálido

La historia de una heroína al estilo de Escarlata O'Hara en el Puerto Rico del siglo XIX. Desde que era una niña en la España del siglo diecinueve, Ana Larragoity Cubillas se siente atraída por la exuberante y exótica isla de Puerto Rico que describen los diarios de un antepasado que viajó a la isla junto a Ponce de León. Y en los hermanos gemelos, Ramón e Inocente -ambos enamorados de ella-, Ana encuentra la forma de llegar allí: se casa con Ramón y convence a los hermanos de que su destino se encuentra en la remota plantación de azúcar que han heredado en la isla. Pero las...

Two of Voltaire’s most celebrated works of prose are brought together in this collection that illustrates his famous wit and explores his philosophy through fiction. “Micromégas,” widely considered to be the origin of certain ideals of science fiction, introduces the giant Micromégas, a young explorer from another planet who comes to Earth and is surprised when he cannot see any intelligent life. Zadig, a short philosophical novel, involves a good-hearted young man who is fated to deal with an endless series of romantic and social obstacles, overcoming one only to be faced with the...

First translated into English in 1967 as "The Burning Plain", these starkly realistic stories create a psychologically acute portrait of poverty and dignity in the countryside at a time when Mexico was undergoing rapid industrialization following the upheavals or the Revolution.

When a writer returns to his Maine home town, he discovers that the peaceful hamlet is being overrun by vampires, and sets out to curb this ancient evil before it can spread.