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Oroonoko
€10,85di Aphra Behn
A new single-volume edition of an early anti-slavery novel
When Prince Oroonoko’s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko’s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn’s visit to Surinam, Oroonoko reflects the author’s romantic views of native peoples as being in “the first state of innocence, before man knew how to sin.” The novel also reveals Behn’s ambiguous attitude toward slavery: while she favored it as a means to strengthen England’s power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.
This new single-volume edition of Oroonoko includes a carefully modernized text accompanied by an introduction, chronology, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Paraíso inhabitado
€14,00di Ana María Matute
«Nací cuando mis padres ya no se querían», recuerda Adriana, mucho después de que todo haya sucedido. Por ello, la niña se crea un paraíso propio, poblado por amigos imaginarios y una familia de su elección.
«Uno de mis recuerdos más lejanos se remonta a la noche en que vi correr al Unicornio que vivía enmarcado en la reproducción de un famoso tapiz. Con asombrosa nitidez, le vi echar a correr y desaparecer por un ángulo del marco, para reaparecer enseguida y retomar su lugar; hermoso, blanquísimo y enigmático.»
Esta felicidad a medida se ve perturbada cuando Adriana debe iniciar el periplo escolar y entrar definitivamente en el mundo de los adultos, un entorno que le resulta ajeno cuando no hostil. Sin embargo, siempre queda un refugio bajo las relucientes estrellas escondidas en los cristales de la lámpara del salón.
Auténtica obra maestra en la impecable trayectoria de Ana María Matute, Paraíso inhabitado nos coloca en el territorio del misterio primigenio, y cerramos el libro invadidos por el presentimiento de que hubo un tiempo en que también fuimos parte de esa realidad oscura, invisible, maravillosa.
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