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El azul sobrante is a collection of short stories by José Jiménez Lozano, Cervantes Prize for Literature. Jiménez Lozano created adventures that journey to the lands of human passion or pause in the wounds opened by a higher form of love. The Avila resident describes what is hidden in the folds of the human heart and the secret sewn into the last openings of the interlining of history.
Constantino Augusto de Moreas has received an invitation to visit Zaragoza University, after having spent his entire life in Cuba devoted to the scholarly investigation of the poet José Martí. But he decides to skip the congress and travels instead to Barcelona.
Already an old man, Cayute, the central character of the novel, undertakes an exercise in retrospection, through which we learn the history of Almoneda, an imaginary territory on the frontier between Spain and Portugal. In this species of journey through the collective memory of the nation, readers discover an unusual place, inhabited by unclassifiable characters.
There is no better way to learn about lyric drama than by enjoying a comic opera like The Barber of Seville. The album introduces us to a libretto directly inspired by courtly love, commedia dell’arte and farce. This mixture, far from outdated is still relevant nowadays, as its frequent appearance on television and cinema show.
A collection of ten titles, liberally illustrated in full-colour by well-known international illustrators. The stories, which are full of humour, are written by Enric Lluch. The main characters are animals and monsters from the infant imagination, related to fear (the witch, the wolf-man, the ghost, the vampire etc.).
They say that, a hundred years or so ago, a girl who had been promised in marriage was deceived by a false lover. They say, too, that her tears brought her a genuine suitor, who avenged the outrage. And they say that, since then, the Drinker of Tears wanders around with his sword, waiting to avenge every girl who is deceived.
Just like the characters, children will discover the joy of reading. When a bookmobile rolls through a small town, children decide to take a look inside. They quickly discover that this is no ordinary bookmobile... They are swept into the adventures. Suitable for home or classroom use, this book illustrates the excitement to be found in the world of literature.
EL BLOC. ESPAÑOL EN IMÁGENES is an attractive material for the understanding of basic, rewarding Spanish vocabulary through evocative colour illustrations.
The book also provides a repertoire of exercises with key, for further practice on the studied lexicon.
Do you know who Cyrano de Bergerac was? Cyrano loved the beautiful Rosanne but knew that his love was impossible, which is why he wrote her passionate letters that he would never dare to send. I also write to someone impossible, but that someone sits behind me in class.