Examines literary responses to the impact of economic and technological globalization in Latin America.Literature and "Interregnum" examines the unraveling of the political forms of modernity through readings of end-of-millennium literary texts by César Aira, Marcelo Cohen, Sergio Chejfec, Diamela Eltit, and Roberto Bolaño. The opening of national spaces to the global capitalist system in the 1980s culminates in the suspension of key principles of modernit...

The Marrano Specter pursues the reciprocal influence between Jacques Derrida and Hispanism. On the one hand, Derrida’s work has engendered a robust conversation among philosophers and critics in Spain and Latin America, where his work circulates in excellent translation, and where many of the terms and problems he addresses take on a distinctive meaning: nationalism and cosmopolitanism; spectrality and hauntology; the relation of subjectivity and truth; the university; disciplinarity; inst...

The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind is dark and haunting tale from the author of the bestselling Perfume - now available in ebook for the first timeSet in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, The Pigeon tells the story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of bank security guard Jonathan Noel. Noel who has been hiding from life since his wife left him for her Tunisian lover - when ...

" Lorsque lui arriva cette histoire de pigeon qui, du jour au lendemain, bouleversa son existence, Jonathan Noël avait déjà dépassé la cinquantaine, il avait derrière lui une période d'une bonne vingtaine d'années qui n'avait pas été marquée par le moindre événement, et jamais il n'aurait escompté que pût encore lui arriver rien de notable, sauf de mourir un jour. Et cela lui convenait tout à fait. Car il n'aimait pas les événements, et il avait une véritable horreur de ceux qui ébranlaien...

Patrick Mackay had killed at least eleven people in his short life, including a four year old child, a nanny, an elderly priest and an 89 year old woman.Today, the killer has been in prison for forty four years. That makes him the longest serving inmate currently serving time in a British jail. He is slightly ahead of the notorious Michael Peters. While, that is not a name which may be familiar to all true crime aficionados, his alternative identity – Charles Bronson – will. (Peters...

Esmeraldas, ciudad ecuatoriana de importancia capital para la economía nacional, es a la vez el único punto de exportación de petróleo bruto y la sede de la principal refinería del país. Sin embargo, su relevancia económica es ampliamente soslayada. Está disimulada por una imagen “folclorizada” (la gastronomía, la música, el deporte) o dramática (la inseguridad, la ilegalidad, la corrupción) que marca el imaginario nacional. Esta paradoja ilustra el desafío de conocer esta ciudad, que es e...

Chocolate Dove is a story about love that’s manipulated by others. It’s about truths coming to light. Filled with poetry and action, it’s got something for everyone. If you like mystery and twists, this is for you. If you like betrayal and twisted fantasy, then this is for you. If you like anime, enough said, pick it up.About the AuthorPatrick Jackson loves anime. He writes poetry when he feels caught up. He games a lot, preferably on Xbox, but is not too shy to play Nintend...

It is amazing how a few simple words can inspire people, including D.P. Bickerdike. First, a song was written and became popular, and second, a person on social media paraphrased a reference to a few of these lyrics (as if that person had just listened to the song.) This inspired D.P. Bickerdike to investigate further. The Author reviewed information about this familiar song and musician and learned some interesting details. Out of curiosity, Bickerdike entered these details into the Bible...

Non. Uccidere. La gente del posto. Questa è la regola più importante di Samantha Strong, un’adorabile orsa bruna con una doppia vita come serial killer di provincia. Dopotutto, appena oltre la foresta, nella grande città vicina, ci sono un sacco di potenziali vittime. E quando si è lavorato duramente come Sam per costruirsi una vita comoda e un'attività fiorente in una comunità come Woodbrook, un piccolo paradiso popolato di amichevoli animali, l'ultima cosa da fare è disturbare la tranqui...

Master storyteller Patrick Neate has written a funny, provocative and daring tale of London high- and low-life set among the capital's twirtysomethings. Featuring performance poetry; murder; Trafalgar Square's only fried-chicken induced battle; hat selling; bank robbery for the middle classes, love (and other social ailments); as well as pigeons - lots of crazed, angry thinking pigeons - The London Pigeon Wars is both a comic fable for our times and an exciting bird's eye view of life (and...

This book addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies, focusing on reducing the paradox that exists between the compulsory implementation of DRR policies and continuing limitationsThe authors use their knowledge of the ever-evolving threats associated with disasters and their prevention to investigate this famous paradox and propose solutions that will help readers understand and reconsider its existence.The authors also discuss conditionings behind this paradox, helping readers under...

Pourquoi Saint-Pétersbourg n’a-t-elle qu’une tour de très grande hauteur alors que Hong-Kong en a des dizaines, bien qu’il s’agisse de deux portes maritimes d’Etats continentaux? Dans un autre contexte, pourquoi Mexico, parfois nommée monstruopole, exhume-t-elle les restes d’une ancienne pyramide aztèque au Nord de la place de la Constitution ? Ces questions annoncent les difficultés croissantes à définir, à comprendre et à piloter les métropoles. Notre enquête s’appuie sur les visions de ...