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Novelas ejemplares ("Exemplary Novels") is a series of twelve novellas that follow the model established in Italy. [1] The series was written by Miguel de Cervantes between 1590 and 1612 and printed in Madrid in 1613 by Juan de la Cuesta.
La gitanilla ("The Little Gypsy Girl") is the first novella contained in Miguel de Cervantes' collection of short stories, the Novelas ejemplares (The Exemplary Novels). La gitanilla is the story of a 15 year old gypsy girl named Preciosa, who is said to be talented, extremely beautiful, and wise beyond her years.
Hopscotch (Spanish: Rayuela) is a novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar.Written in Paris, it was published in Spanish in 1963 and in English in 1966. For the first U.S. edition, translator Gregory Rabassa split the inaugural National Book Award in the translation category.
"El licenciado Vidriera" ("The Lawyer of Glass" or "The Glass Graduate" [1]) is a short story written by Miguel de Cervantes and included in his Novelas ejemplares, first published in 1613. In the story, a young scholar goes mad, believing himself to be made entirely of glass, and becomes famous for his satirical comments on the
La muñeca menor (1972), also known as, The Youngest Doll is a short story written by Rosario Ferré. The story is told in third person narrative , and is part of a larger group of published work in her book of short stories, "Papeles de Pandora" , this is one of the most famous of those short stories.
The opera is based on Part III of the story and omits many elements, such as Carmen's husband. It greatly increases the role of other characters, such as the Dancaïre, [d] who is only a minor character in the story; the Remendado, [e] who one page after he is introduced is wounded by soldiers and then shot by Carmen's husband to keep him from slowing the gang down; and Lucas (renamed ...
Julio Florencio Cortázar [1] (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; Latin American Spanish: [ˈxuljo koɾˈtasaɾ] ⓘ) was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator.
The Museum of Eterna's Novel (original Spanish-language title: Museo de la Novela de la Eterna) is an avant-garde experimental novel by the Argentine writer Macedonio Fernández. The book has been described as Fernández' masterwork. [1] [2] Fernández started writing it in 1925, and continued working on it for the rest of his life.