Piglia, one of the most important Argentine writers of the past 50 years, had been suffering for several years from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease.
Piglia, one of the most important Argentine writers of the past 50 years, had been suffering for several years from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease.
The master of the short story, was hiding, terrified, paralysed by a story from the past: the slow death of an alcoholic father, who has been defeated by life.
“Although it wouldn’t appear to be anything more than a coincidence, the naming of Barcelona as a literary capital by UNESCO will also see the city dominate the headlines in Spanish-language literature in the new year.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 51 of 2016 (week ending 12/25/2016
We owe it to our history to save Spanish from going the way of German, Italian and Polish.