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El jinete sin cabeza y otras historias de fantasmas
2006
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Tres historias de fantasmas donde la pesadilla. el terror y la desesperación pueden dar un paso. como en la primera historia. a un humor decididamente negro; o mostrar. como en la segunda historia. que el capitalismo se lleva bien incluso con los fantasmas; o amedrentar. por fin. al propio racionalismo. como sucede en la tercera historia. Y esto acontece por que las historias de fantasmas. aquella parte de la muerte que se niega a morir. están ahí no sólo para asustarnos hasta la muerte y engrosar las filas del más allá. sino también. si tenemos la suerte de escuchar. para recordarnos que la vida es mucho más potente inclusive en las tinieblas que a la luz de un mediocre y monótono día.
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J. Sheridan Le Fanu
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Author · 83 books
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M.R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
Author · 72 books

People remember American writer Washington Irving for the stories " Rip Van Winkle " and " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ," contained in The Sketch Book (1820). This author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle to begin his literary career at the age of nineteen years. In 1809, he published The History of New York under his most popular public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Historical works of Irving include a five volume biography of George Washington (after whom he was named) as well as biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and several histories, dealing with subjects, such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors, and the Alhambra, of 15th-century Spain. John Tyler, president, appointed Irving to serve as the first Spanish speaking United States minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846.

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