Jaime Ceballos is at the brink of adulthood and finds himself torn between Christian morals and the physical urges of his burning youth; family hierarchy and his thirst for freedom; his small-town world and the endless horizon that extends before his eyes; sin and salvation. Life's response is to place before him unvarnished truths that would effect a radical change in him. Jaime Cevallos está al fínal de su adolescencia; pronto deberá decidir...

Originalmente publicada en 1949, esta coleccion reune dieciocho relatos entre los que se encuentra algunos de los mas admirados cuentos de la literatura: "El Aleph," la clasica historia de una resplandeciente esfera en la que confluyen de un modo asombroso todos los tiempos y todos los espacios en el universo; "El Zahir," una fascinante reflexion sobre la obsesion, Borges narra la historia de un objeto que inspira la fascinacion inmediata de todos...

Presents an anthology of eight short stories that illuminate the mythical world of Macondo.

In this novel it is a difficult time for the people in and around a small village in Colombia after a civil war. The conservatives have won the war and are persecuting their liberal adversaries. Then fliers begin to appear on the doors of homes. They aren't political pamphlets but are simple accusations about the private lives of the citizens. When old rumors are openly made public by these fliers, an explosion of violence takes place in the town....