Octavio Paz
“Escritores y artistas en la historia de México” es la transcripción de una charla informal (en palabras del autor: una “plática”, no una conferencia), que Paz nunca escribió o reescribió…
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Austin Talk: Writers and Artists in the History of Mexico
Charla de Austin. Escritores y artistas en la historia de México
The topic of writers and artists in the history of Mexico is too broad and difficult to tackle in a short talk. My aim is actually much more modest. I…
A Global Perspective on America. Intellectual Democracy
In a piece written for Vuelta, Mexican poet Octavio Paz wrote: “We must break up the existing monopolies– whether of the state, of parties, of Imperialism or of private capitalism–and…
Anagrama, 40th Anniversary
¡Feliz cumpleaños, Anagrama!
1. “A real book–because there are also impostors–is something as material and vital as a loaf of bread, or a jug of water,” Antonio Muñoz Molina wrote. “Like water and…
Dos poemas
SLIGHTLY BEWITCHED No me lo vas a creer pero Marcela tiene celulitis más que yo y pasa horas y horas en el gimnasio y con las masajistas una de ellas…
Tomás Saraceno: Celestial Utopia
THE UTOPIAN Download Complete PDF / Descargar Colossal clusters of inflated plastic spheres, banded together with polyester nets and anchored to the floor, walls and ceiling. Countless chromogenic prints of vast, earthly atmospheres…
“And Everything Was There”. On Otto F. Walter´s First Novel The Mute
Otto F. Walter’s (1928-1994) debut novel The Mute is one of the most original and aesthetically intriguing novels written in Switzerland during the 1950s. Walter who made himself a name…
A Third Culture. Literature and Migration
I grew up on the Mexican-American border of El Paso, Texas, about one kilometer from Mexico, the homeland of my parents who were from Chihuahua. In the barrio, Ysleta, where…
Young, Fresh and New Artists from Switzerland
Download Complete PDF / Descargar The Swiss contemporary art scene looks like the country itself: a forest of emerging artists surrounded by mountain stars, making it hard to perfectly see each of them…
La travesía del surfista. En torno a Haruki Murakami
…para mí escribir novelas es un reto, escribir cuentos es un placer. H.M. The Portable Murakami En los últimos dos años, Haruki Murakami ha publicado tres volúmenes narrativos: uno, inusual…
Adolfo Castañón: Cuestionario Proust. Otra nube
Entrevista realizada por Eduardo Estala Rojas ¿Cuál es tu idea de “felicidad perfecta”? —La perfección en cualquier forma es inconcebible. Ahí están las manchas del sol para evocar el afortunado…
Karagiozis´ Exile
Translated from German by Ingrid Fichtner In former t imes , a fairy tale character named Karagiozis was very well known in Asia Minor. Karagiozis, in fact, was not…