Stories and Poems/Cuentos y Poesías

Stories and Poems/Cuentos y PoesíasOne of the most important Latin American writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Nicaraguan poet and essayist Rubn Daro (the pen name of Flix Rubn Garca Sarmiento) is considered the high priest of the modernismo school of literature, known for its dazzling verbal virtuosity and technical perfection. The present volume contains a rich selection of Daro's best poems and stories, carefully chosen from Azul (Blue), Prosas profanas

scored for small instrumental ensembles

When transferred to metal

constructing a heliochronometer (a highly precise solar timekeeper)

wind speed

global systems

Ravel's la valse for piano

Reprint of the George Redway

books on midsummer nights

and Homer as well as excerpts from ancient playwrights and the New Testament

the age-old tales tell of the creation of the world

penal servitude

but at the same time it furnishes the reader with an excellent foundation for global and nonlinear algebra