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This book offers an in-depth study of the internal structures of Popol Vuh, the Sacred Book of the Maya-Quiche people of Guatemala, and of the ways in which the main characters of this text are configured. This is accompanied by a similar, comparative analysis of the three novels widely known in the Hispanic world as the Banana Trilogy, written betweem 1950 and 1960 by the winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize for Literature, Miguel Angel Asturias. By showing a direct relationship between the macro-structure of Popol Vuh and its literary devices (including character configuration) and those of the...

Intermediate. It is 1792, and Spain is in crisis. The Inquisition is sweeping the country, making life dangerous for court painter Francisco Goya and his beautiful model Ines. From the reader series Aprende Espanol Con..., which features stories based on modern films and television series, carefully adapted for Spanish language students. Includes an Audio CD of the text, supplementary materials for teachers, and before and after activities for students.

This new edition of the Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary offers authoritative coverage of over 175,000 words and phrases, and 240,000 translations. Includes brand new information on online banking, and booking tickets.

El presente tomo abarca la existencia, persistencia y posible crecimiento del voseo a lo largo de gran parte del continente americano. El voseo es un tema de creciente interés académico: habiendo sido marcado como coloquial e inapropiado, vive un renacimiento en el siglo XXI. Hace medio siglo se predecía que el voseo dejaría de emplearse; hoy en día no sólo no desaparece, sino crece en varios casos. En esta colección de estudios, entendemos por qué es importante el voseo y por qué sigue vigente en el habla actual. Vos implica cercanía en la comunicación; refleja valores sociales;...