Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Solito explores themes such as longing for the family he left behind in El Salvador, the journey of migration, and the relationships formed along the way. [4] The desert, a recurring motif in his writing, is depicted with dual significance: as a source of sustenance and concealment for those undertaking the journey, and as a site of profound danger and hardships.
Early Modern Spanish: 11 Andersen's Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen: 1835–1852: 129 [14] Danish: 12 The Book of Mormon: See Origin of the Book of Mormon: 1830: 115 [15] English: 13 Asterix: René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo: 1959–present: 115 [16] (not all volumes are available in all languages) French: 14 The Quran: See History of the ...
Abrazos, no balazos" is a Spanish-language anti-war slogan, commonly translated in English-language media as "Hugs, not bullets" [1] or "Hugs, not slugs" (though "balazo" is more literally "gunshot"), [2] and often compared to the English "Make love, not war".
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Pages in category "Spanish-language books" The following 15 pages are in this category ...
He later declared Rabassa's translation to be superior to the Spanish original. [7] He received the PEN Translation Prize in 1977 and the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation in 1982. Rabassa was honored with the Gregory Kolovakos Award from PEN American Center for the expansion of Hispanic Literature to an English-language audience in 2001.
The eponymous title Baopuzi derives from Ge Hong's hao (號), the hao being a type of sobriquet or pseudonym. Baopuzi literally means "The Master Who Embraces Simplicity;" [1] compounded from the words bao meaning "embrace; hug; carry; hold in both arms; cherish"; pu meaning "uncarved wood", also being a Taoist metaphor for a "person's original nature; simple; plain"; and, zi meaning "child ...
A hug, sometimes in association with a kiss, is a form of nonverbal communication. Depending on culture, context and relationship, a hug can indicate familiarity, love, affection, friendship, fraternity, flirting, or sympathy. [2] Hugs can indicate support, comfort, and consolation, particularly where words are insufficient. A hug usually ...
Larissa Volokhonsky (Russian: Лариса Волохонская) was born into a Jewish family in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, on 1 October 1945.After graduating from Leningrad State University with a degree in mathematical linguistics, she worked in the Institute of Marine Biology (Vladivostok) and travelled extensively in Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka (1968-1973).