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Nuevas y grandes traducciones: La verdad facetada Bernardo Santano acomete con éxito la cuarta traducción de ¡Absalón, Absalón!, la obra maestra entre las maestras de William Faulkner William Faulkner. ¡Absalón, Absalón! (1936) pasa por ser la cima más alta de la narrativa faulkneriana, rica en crestas de difícil acceso; no en vano la preceden El ruido y la furia (1929), Mientras agonizo (1930) y Luz de agosto (1932). En ese periodo inmensamente fructífero y plagado de obras...

AP Photo/Jessica Hill If you thought something as non-controversial as distributing a vaccine during a pandemic would be free from woke politics, think again. The New York Times is out with a new piece quoting multiple “experts” who have decided that the prioritization of precipitants should depend on one’s race. In saner times, this would be considered blatantly racist, but it’s 2020, so as long as you are bagging on old white people, it’s all good. Later in the piece another doctor,...