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La representación de la violencia en la paraliteratura hondureña de inicios del siglo XXI

La representación de la violencia en la paraliteratura hondureña de inicios del siglo XXI

Introducción

  El nivel de violencia en Centroamérica medido en homidicidios es diez veces mayor al promedio mundial, y esta evaluación no se refiere a la visión occidental de esta región como un lugar de guerras civiles, revoluciones o dictaduras militares, por el contrario, representa una situación después de la “tercera ola de democratización” enmarcada dentro de un periodo de paz (Zinecker,…

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Reseña: "El material humano" de Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Reseña: “El material humano” de Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Tradicionalmente la imagen ha tenido un papel privilegiado en la experiencia humana. Incluso nuestra construcción de la memoria, se imagina como una colección de instantáneas de nuestro pasado, como especie de álbum de fotos o videos caseros. Rodrigo Rey Rosa, en su obra más audaz y celebrada, introduce la figura del archivo como elemento central en la construcción de la memoria y la identidad.

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Reseña: "El tren a Travancore (Cartas indias) de Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Reseña: “El tren a Travancore (Cartas indias) de Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Fuente de foto: Goodreads.com

La novela epistolar siempre ha sido una suerte de bicho raro en el panorama literario. Aunque entre sus obras figuren clásicos como Pepita Jiménez (en su primera parte por lo menos) de Juan Valera; u otras obras más recientes como El color púrpura de Alice Walker o El marcianode Andy Weir, la novela epistolar siempre queda en un espacio incómodo en donde su forma…

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Reseña: "La orilla africana" de Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Reseña: “La orilla africana” de Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Fuente de foto: Todocoleccion.net

De vez en cuando me gusta visitar el sitio de la RAE y ver el listado de hondureñismos, quizá puede ser un acto de curiosidad o inseguridad, sin embargo, siempre ha sido una reflexión productiva. El caso de hoy es la palabra churute. Cito:

churute 1. m. Hond. Cosa de forma cónica, cuando no se conoce su nombre o no se quiere decir. Real Academia Española © Todos…

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Reseña: "Lo que soñó Sebastián" de Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Reseña: “Lo que soñó Sebastián” de Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Fuente de foto: Amazon.com

Al leer la biografía de Rodrigo Rey Rosa, no sorprende ni su formación en cine, ni la adaptación de esta novela a una película. Lo que soñó Sebastián está repleto de las imágenes ambiguas del lenguaje audiovisual. Digo ambigüedad en el sentido de la evocación de los múltiples significados (eclécticos, incluso contradictorios) que evoca la novela.

Rey Rosa se muestra…

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(vía Reseña: "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" de Michelle McNamara)

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Portrait of a small boy reading by Gluyas Williams

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Portrait of a small boy reading by Gluyas Williams

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Artist, illustrator and renowned pug aficionado Gemma Correll (previously featured here) has done the world a great service by illustrating nine handy curses appropriate for modern life. These days most people won’t be bothered if you tell them you hope their horse becomes lame or their milking cows go dry. However if you wish them a life of endless decaf, dry ink, embarrassing Google results, and - GASP - Comic Sans, well that’s the stuff of contemporary nightmares.

Gemma Correll has a new book of her comics coming out on May 26th entitled The Worrier’s Guide to Life. You can pre-order it now on Amazon.

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Stories of Bike | Sister (A ‘94 Yamaha SRV250 Story) ”Both originally from Sweden, Maria and her best friend, Nina, love to ride. 

They ride to work, to catch up, to head out for coffee on weekends.  For the first time, they spontaneously decide to pack swags onto their bikes, head out of Sydney and camp on the first secluded beach they find. Featuring The Throttle Dolls. "Syster" means sister in Swedish. ———- video: http://youtu.be/uyupkfBE_IQ For more info on this story visit http://www.storiesofbike.com”

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Edgar Allan Poe filed for bankruptcy in 1842. Here’s a long list of his debts, with creditors listed in Philadelphia, Richmond, and New York, and orderly columns of numbers that grow large enough to give you a sympathetic panic attack.

For more of this morning’s roundup, click here.

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Cake

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i need need need the library one for my birthday pls pls pls

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You can say you’re not in the cake fandom but EVERYONE is in the cake fandom

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life on a motorcycle

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30 Covers, 30 Days 2014: Day 5 with Designer Jonas Robinett

30 Covers, 30 Days is back! What is 30C30D? We match up 30 professional designers with 30 NaNoWriMo participants, and challenge the designers to create a book cover in 48 hours or less, based solely on that participants’ 2014 NaNo-novel synopsis.

The NaNo-novel: Winter’s Son

When Poe’s mother hangs herself, Poe returns to her childhood home. Only, she barely recognizes her former best friend, Blake. She doesn’t recall playing with Blake in the woods behind their neighborhood, or the piano abandoned there. She has no idea that this piano is a gateway to another world…

Nightmares aren’t inventions of Poe’s imagination like her mother told her. Nightmares are real, and they want her. Suddenly, nothing about her life can be trusted—not her upbringing, not her memories, not her mother’s death. She wants to run, but then the Nightmares take Blake… and Poe won’t let them destroy more lives in their hunt.

The Genre: Horror & Supernatural

The Author: Amanda Gignac in USA :: Massachusetts :: Boston

The Designer: Jonas Robinett is a 27-year-old, born and raised Texan. Jonas sparked an interest in art at the age of 13, but it wasn’t until he was 18 that he found his style in comic books. His idols in the comic book community include: Jim Lee, Olivier Coipel, and Kris Anka.

High-Resolution Book Art:

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30 Covers, 30 Days 2014: Day 3 with Designer Alberto Rigau

30 Covers, 30 Days is back! What is 30C30D? We match up 30 professional designers with 30 NaNoWriMo participants, and challenge the designers to create a book cover in 48 hours or less, based solely on that participants’ 2014 NaNo-novel synopsis.

The NaNo-novel: Out of the Woods

The father pines are the core of Cynthia Morris’ town. A tourist attraction and a place of great solace, at the heart of the pines lies the Paper Crane Tree, littered with thousands of card birds. Heavy with memories, it is as though sweet Cynthia’s childhood is locked in the tree’s sap. The pines are sacred to everyone: friends, family, neighbours.

So why did Cinnie burn it down?

Not only does she suffer third-degree burns in the aftermath, she is diagnosed with pyromania and contained. Whilst the town starts rebuilding from the ashes, she isn’t going anywhere. Not until they get answers… even if the reasons may be closer to home than they think.

The Genre: Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense

The Author: theresapeteranna, Young Writers Program participant in Scotland.

The Designer: Alberto Rigau is a graphic designer and educator from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

High-Resolution Book Art:

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