Paperweight

Paperweight: the new book by Pedro Salinas on Sodalicio and some reversals of Vallejo’s “Trilce”

"No news from God"Author: Pedro SalinasPages : 891Publisher: Gracia Angulo Laboratorio EditorialAlmost 900 pages seems like a lot, but it's…

Paperweight: Sigrid Nunez and her novel about death; Diana Moncada and her poems about the distance

"What is your torment"Author: Sigrid Nunez.Pages: 200.Publisher: Anagrama.As in his previous and magnificent novel “El amigo”, Nunez rounds off a…

Paperweight: a set of texts by Gregorio Martínez and a book to learn to write (in 75 steps)

“Tongue and delirium”Author: Gregorio Martinez.Pages: 180.Publisher: Count Lemos Publishers.This selection of short texts – brought together in a beautiful non-commercial…

Paperweights: an experimental collection of poems and a book of semiotic essays

“Sisma: documentary poem”Author: Paul Guillen.Pages: 92.Publisher: Featherweight.Like an urban-contemporary and at the same time historical sponge, Guillén absorbs multiple and…

Paperweight: the “Dictionary of Religions” and a book of micro-stories for moviegoers

"Dictionary of Religions"Authors: Mircea Eliade and Ioan Couliano.Pages : 454Publisher: Paidos OrientaliaA book that manages to bring together Christ, Buddha…

Paperweights: a debut book and an entertaining manual to learn about the Political Constitution of Peru

"Living lucidity": the criticism of Lights to the diaries of Albert Camus“The day is coming”: the unmissable sample of the…

Paperweight: the new collection of poems by Mario Montalbetti and a book of stories with TV as a background

Author: Mario MontalbettiPages : 96Publisher: Bakterial Universe AlbumMontalbetti returns to one of his best collections of poems, "Language is a…

Paperweights: a novel about Pessoa and a set of chronicles about the Independence of Peru

Author: Eric V. AlvarezPages: 286.Publisher: Chimera.Set in the 1930s, this novel features a Peruvian literary critic, Javier Deustua, in his…

Paperweight: “Los conchudos”, by Sofocleto, an irreverent x-ray of Peruvian impudence

Author: Sophocletus.Pages: 174.Publisher: Planet.The commendable task of recovering the sharp literary work of Luis Felipe Angell (1926-2004), alias Sofocleto, began…

Paperweights: the recovered doctoral thesis by José María Arguedas and two other books for the week

Author: Jose Maria ArguedasThesisPages: 596Publisher: PaidosThe recovery of Arguedas' doctoral thesis, presented in an impeccable edition that even includes unpublished…

Paperweights: “Lawyer stories” and two other recommended books for the week

"living well"Author: Luisa Elvira BelaundeTestPages: 232Publisher: La Siniestra EssaysSelf-absorbed in their own academic theories, many ethnographic studies make the mistake…

Paperweight: “Two feminists talk” and two other recommended books for the week

Author: Violeta Barrientos SilvaInterviewsPages: 190Publisher: FeatherweightThe most valuable and remarkable thing about this book is that it transcends feminist theory…

Paperweight: “The Ages” by Teresa Cabrera and two other recommended books for the week

Author: Teresa CabreraPoetryPages: 68Publisher: Bakterial Universe AlbumUnlike the common literary use of dreams as a hackneyed and predictable resource, in…

Paperweights: the chronicles of César Vallejo and two other recommended readings for the week

Selection and edition: Mariana Rodríguez, Yaneth Sucasaca, Rodrigo VeraChroniclesPages: 132Publisher: House of Peruvian LiteratureThat Vallejo is an inexhaustible poet is…

Paperweight: Tilsa Otta’s new book and two other recommended readings for the week

Author: Chantal AkermanMemoriesPages: 178Publisher: Zindo & GafuriMainly recognized as a filmmaker, thanks to films such as "Jeanne Dielman" (1975) or…

Paperweights: a reissue of Augusto Effio and two other recommended books for the week

Author: Augusto EffioStoriesPages: 118Publisher: PeizaI don't think it's a coincidence that the author of the book mentions a film by…