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Certificate of Absence

By: Sylvia Molloy

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Originally published in 1981 as En breve cárcel,Certificate of Absence is the first novel of the Argentinian scholar-critic Sylvia Molloy. Innovative in its treatment of women's relationships and in its assertion of woman's right to author her own text, the novel has won wide approval in Latin America and the United States. The novel centers around a woman writing in a small room. As she writes, remembering a past relationship and anticipating a future one, the room becomes a repository for nostalgia, violence, and desire, a space in which writing and remembering become life-sustaining ceremonies. The narrator reflects on the power of love to both shelter and destroy. She meditates on the act of writing, specifically on writing as a woman, in a voice that goes against the grain of established, canonical voices. Latin American male writers are prone to self-portrayal in their texts. Certifcate of Absence is one of the few novels by Latin American women that successfully use this technique to open new windows on women's experiences.

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University of Texas Press

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0292786220

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9780292786226

Dislocations

By: Sylvia Molloy

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Dislocations

By: Sylvia Molloy

How do you keep a friendship intact, when Alzheimer's has stolen the common ground of language, memory, and experience, that unites you? In brief, sharply drawn moments, Sylvia Molloy’s Dislocations records the gradual loss of a beloved friend, M.L., a disappearance in ways expected (forgotten names, forgotten moments) and painfully surprising (the reversion to a formal, proper Spanish from their previous shared vernacular). There are occasions of wonder, too—M.L. can no longer find the words to say she is dizzy, but can translate that message from Spanish to English, when it's passed along by a friend. This loss holds Molloy’s sense of herself too—the person she is in relation to M.L. fades as her friend’s memory does. But the writer remains: 'I’m not writing to patch up holes and make people (or myself) think that there’s nothing to see here, but rather to bear witness to unintelligibilities and breaches and silences. That is my continuity, that of the scribe.

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Charco Press

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1913867366

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9781913867362

Certificate of Absence

By: Sylvia Molloy

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Certificate of Absence

By: Sylvia Molloy

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Signs of Borges

By: Sylvia Molloy

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Signs of Borges

By: Sylvia Molloy

Publisher description -- Borges's sustained practice of the uncanny gives rise in his texts to endless tensions between illusion and meaning, and to the competing desires for fragmentation, dispersal, and stability. Molloy traces the movement of Borges's own writing by repeatedly spanning the boundaries of genre and cutting across the conventional separations of narrative, lyric and essay, fact and fiction. Rather than seeking to resolve the tensions and conflicts, she preserves and develops them, thereby maintaining the potential of these texts to disturb. At the site of these tensions, Molloy locates the play between meaning and meaningless that occurs in Borges's texts. From this vantage point his strategies of deception, recourse to simulacra, inquisitorial urge to unsettle binarism, and distrust of the permanent--all that makes Borges Borges--are examined with unmatched skill and acuity.

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Duke University Press

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0822314207

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9780822314202

Schools as Professional Learning Communities

Collaborative Activities and Strategies for Professional Development

By: Sylvia M. Roberts,Eunice Z. Pruitt

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Schools as Professional Learning Communities

Collaborative Activities and Strategies for Professional Development

By: Sylvia M. Roberts,Eunice Z. Pruitt

This book presents strategies for providing learning and professional development opportunities for teachers that lead to the building of community in schools. The purpose of the book is to provide educational leaders with the knowledge and skills they need to work effectively with teachers, parents, administrators, students, and the community at large. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the learning community. Chapter 2 focuses on leadership, applying Lamberts model of constructivist leadership to the development of a learning community. Chapter 3 examines principles, standards, and strategies for professional development. Chapter 4 explores working in groups. Chapter 5 discusses the study group as a strategy for building a learning community. Chapter 6 presents information on using classroom observation to provide learning opportunities for teachers. Chapter 7 discusses other collaborative ways to improve instruction in learning communities. Chapter 8 examines professional portfolios as a learning opportunity. Chapter 9 discusses ways to sustain the learning community. Each chapter opens with a preview and a set of key questions that focus on the knowledge, strategies, and leadership behaviors addressed in the chapter. Most chapters close with activities for use in study groups or school leadership teams. (WFA).

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Corwin Press

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0761945822

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9780761945826

Eclipse of the Assassins

The CIA, Imperial Politics, and the Slaying of Mexican Journalist Manuel Buendía

By: Russell H. Bartley,Sylvia Erickson Bartley

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Eclipse of the Assassins

The CIA, Imperial Politics, and the Slaying of Mexican Journalist Manuel Buendía

By: Russell H. Bartley,Sylvia Erickson Bartley

Eclipse of the Assassins investigates the sensational 1984 murder of Mexico's most influential newspaper columnist, Manuel Buendía, and how that crime reveals the lethal hand of the U.S. government in Mexico and Central America during the final decades of the twentieth century.

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University of Wisconsin Pres

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0299306402

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9780299306403

Fire and Hearth

Karla Yoorda : a Study of Aboriginal Usage and European Usurpation in South-western Australia

By: Sylvia J. Hallam

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Fire and Hearth

Karla Yoorda : a Study of Aboriginal Usage and European Usurpation in South-western Australia

By: Sylvia J. Hallam

Originally published by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, this facsimile edition of Professor Sylvia J. Hallam's classic 1975 work, Fire and Hearth, includes a substantial Afterword by the author, and a Preface by Emeritus Professor John Mulvaney. The book has been produced in light of the considerable new interest in the subject of Aboriginal land management before European settlement in Australia. *** "The land the English settled was not as God made it. It was as the Aborigines made it." Such is the challenging claim which opens Sylvia Hallam's majestic pioneer memoir on the interconnections between Aboriginal society, Country and the varied applications of deliberate firing. -- from the Preface by Professor John Mulvaney [Subject: History, Anthropology, Ethnography, Australian Studies, Aboriginal Studies, Land Conservation]

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Apollo Books

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174258599X

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9781742585994

Implementing Evidence-Based Academic Interventions in School Settings

By: Sylvia Rosenfield,Virginia Wise Berninger

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Implementing Evidence-Based Academic Interventions in School Settings

By: Sylvia Rosenfield,Virginia Wise Berninger

Designed for both researchers and practitioners, this book is a guide to bridging the gap between the knowledge generated by scientific research and application of that knowledge to educational practice. With the emphasis on evidence-based practice in the schools growing exponentially, school practitioners must learn how to understand, judge, and make use of the research being produced to full effect. Conversely, researchers must understand what is being used in "real-world" settings, and what is still needed. The editors of this book have outlined this process as a series of steps, beginning with being a critical consumer of current research literature, followed by concepts to consider in translating research into practice: systems issues at local, district, and state levels; the role of teachers in program implementation; evaluation of implementation effectiveness, and preservice and inservice professional development of teachers and psychologists. Each chapter is written by leaders on the topic, and contributors include both researchers and school-based practitioners. With contributing authors from a variety of disciplines, this book is an invaluable treatise on current understanding of the complexities of translating research into educational practice.

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Oxford University Press

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0199717095

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9780199717095

Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars

By: Sylvia Longmire

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Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars

By: Sylvia Longmire

Having followed Mexico's cartels for years, border security expert Sylvia Longmire takes us deep into the heart of their world to witness a dangerous underground that will do whatever it takes to deliver drugs to a willing audience of American consumers. The cartels have grown increasingly bold in recent years, building submarines to move up the coast of Central America and digging elaborate tunnels that both move drugs north and carry cash and U.S. high-powered assault weapons back to fuel the drug war. Channeling her long experience working on border issues, Longmire brings to life the very real threat of Mexican cartels operating not just along the southwest border, but deep inside every corner of the United States. She also offers real solutions to the critical problems facing Mexico and the United States, including programs to deter youth in Mexico from joining the cartels and changing drug laws on both sides of the border.

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St. Martin's Press

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0230340555

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9780230340558

Women on the Defensive

Living Through Conservative Times

By: Sylvia B. Bashevkin

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Women on the Defensive

Living Through Conservative Times

By: Sylvia B. Bashevkin

Bashevkin combines individual voices with policy initiatives to provide the first complete picture of the recent past and uncertain future of contemporary feminism."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226038831

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9780226038834

Training the Best Dog Ever

A 5-Week Program Using the Power of Positive Reinforcement

By: Larry Kay,Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz

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Training the Best Dog Ever

A 5-Week Program Using the Power of Positive Reinforcement

By: Larry Kay,Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz

Training the Best Dog Ever, originally published in hardcover as The Love That Dog Training Program, is a book based on love and kindness. It features a program of positive reinforcement and no-fail techniques that author Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz used to train the White House dog, Bo Obama, and each of Senator Ted Kennedy’s dogs, among countless others. Training the Best Dog Ever relies on trust and treats, not choke collars; on bonding, not leash-yanking or reprimanding. The five-week training program takes only 10 to 20 minutes of practice a day and works both for puppies and for adult dogs that need to be trained out of bad habits. Illustrated with step-by-step photographs, the book covers hand-feeding; crate and potty training; and basic cues—sit, stay, come here—as well as more complex goals, such as bite inhibition and water safety. It shows how to avoid or correct typical behavior problems, including jumping, barking, and leash-pulling. Plus: how to make your dog comfortable in the world—a dog that knows how to behave in a vet’s office, is at ease around strangers, and more. In other words, the best dog ever.

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Workman Publishing

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0761168850

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9780761168850

The Love That Dog Training Program

By: Larry Kay,Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz

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The Love That Dog Training Program

By: Larry Kay,Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz

Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz is a very special trainer. She knows dogs instinctively, and, drawing on lessons she learned from raising three children, she uses the power of positive reinforcement and bonding to train dogs to be joyful, obedient, and devoted members of a family. Dog lovers throughout the Washington, DC, area know her: She trained each of the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s dogs, and when the Obama family were deciding on a puppy— and could have chosen any trainer in the world to work with—it was Ms Sylvia-Stasiewicz who trained Bo. In The Love That Dog Training Program, a lively, accessible, authoritative book, she shares her invaluable and proven program. Her method is based on positive reinforcement. She believes in trust and treats, not choke collars; in bonding, not squeezing or hitting. Her dogs are happy and self-confident, spirited yet very well-behaved. The basic program is five weeks, it takes only 15 or 20 minutes a day, and it works for both puppies and dogs, including retraining a dog with bad habits. Illustrated with step-by-step photographs, The Love That Dog Training Program covers hand-feeding. Crate training and potty training. Simple commands—sit, stay, come here—as well as more complex goals, such as bite inhibition and water safety. It shows how to avoid or correct common behavioral problems including jumping, barking, noise phobias, hiding, and more. Then: how to make your dog comfortable in the world—a dog that travels well, knows how to behave in a dog park or vet’s office, is comfortable around strangers, and more. As the author points out, dog training never ends, it just gets easier—and even more rewarding.

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Workman Publishing

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0761164073

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9780761164074

Language and Media

A Resource Book for Students

By: Rodney H. Jones,Sylvia Jaworska,Erhan Aslan

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Language and Media

A Resource Book for Students

By: Rodney H. Jones,Sylvia Jaworska,Erhan Aslan

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries, and key readings—all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections—introduction, development, exploration, and extension— which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. This revised second edition of Language and Media: Provides an accessible introduction and comprehensive overview of the major approaches and methodological tools used in the study of language and media. Focuses on a broad range of media and media content from more traditional print and broadcast media formats to more recent digital media formats. Incorporates practical examples using real data, including newspaper articles, press releases, television shows, advertisements (print, broadcast, and digital), blogs, social media content, internet memes, culture jamming, and protest signs. Includes key readings from leading scholars in the field, such as Jan Blommaert, Sonia Livingstone, David Machin, Martin Montgomery, Ruth Page, Ron Scollon, and Theo van Leeuwen. Offers a wide range of activities, questions, and points for further discussion. The book emphasises the increasingly creative ways ordinary people are engaging in media production. It also addresses a number of urgent current concerns around media and media production/reception, including fake news, clickbait, virality, and surveillance. Features of the new edition include: Special attention on ‘new media’ forms such as websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, social media sites, and mobile apps such as Snapchat and Instagram; Additional material on: mobility and materiality in media, memes and virality, discourse processes in media production, collaborative production and user created content, reality TV, fake news, the role of algorithms and bots in media production and circulation, and media and resistance; Discussion of media surveillance, privacy boundaries, and the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ related to Internet archiving; Brand new readings from key scholars in the field including Piia Varis, Jan Blommaert, Monika Bednarek and Martin Montgomery; Updated examples and references throughout, to reflect more contemporary issues. Written by three experienced teachers and authors, this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics.

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Routledge

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1000171078

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9781000171075

Ocean

An Illustrated Atlas

By: Sylvia A. Earle,Linda K. Glover

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Ocean

An Illustrated Atlas

By: Sylvia A. Earle,Linda K. Glover

Delve into this underwater world with ocean experts Sylvia A. Earle and Linda K. Glover, who have devoted their lives to understanding the ocean and who share their insights in this atlas, along with those of 27 other scientists and specialists. Other stunning data and imagery are revealed by the skills of expert photographers, cartographers, and illustrators. Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas distills decades of research, firsthand observations, scientific data, and analyses and engages and informs all who may want to more deeply explore the nature of this blue planet." "Accompanying the text are more than 100 maps, including 5 extraordinary new maps showing the nature of the seafloor of the major ocean basins in detail not published before. More than 170 photographs and three dozen illustrations provide new ways of looking at this amazing place, with a perspective on the past, present, and future of the ocean and on how it relates to human economies, health, security, and the very existence of life."--BOOK JACKET.

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National Geographic Books

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1426203195

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9781426203190

Human Communication

By: Stewart L. Tubbs,Sylvia Moss

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Human Communication

By: Stewart L. Tubbs,Sylvia Moss

This text provides a complete overview of the subject of human communications, presenting the general principles of communication, specific contexts (public speaking, mass media, group discussion) and ethics. The text combines a theoretical base with up-to-date examples and current research. The seventh edition features a new chapter on ethics, and has expanded treatment on relationship processes, verbal communication, listening and intercultural communication.

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McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages

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0070654875

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9780070654877

Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition

By: Sylvia C. McKean,John J. Ross,Daniel D. Dressler,Danielle Scheurer

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Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition

By: Sylvia C. McKean,John J. Ross,Daniel D. Dressler,Danielle Scheurer

The leading textbook of hospital medicine – completely updated to reflect today’s challenges A Doody’s Core Title for 2021! Since its publication in 2012, Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition has become the field’s premier resource. Comprehensive, authoritative, and practical, this landmark text provides a solid grounding in clinical, organizational, and administrative areas central to the practice of hospital medicine. The Second Edition has been completely updated to reflect the evolving practice responsibilities of hospitalists. Examples include value-based medicine, expanded surgical content, bedside clinical reasoning, and a new segment devoted to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. This edition also features a more accessible and streamlined full-color design enriched by more than 600 illustrations. Each clinical chapter opens with boxed Key Clinical Questions that are addressed in the text and summarized in hundreds of tables. Case studies demonstrate how to apply this information specifically to the management of hospitalized patients. Representing the expertise of more than two hundred renowned contributors, Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition is logically divided into six sections: The Specialty of Hospital Medicine and Systems of Care Medical Consultation Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care The Approach to the Patient at the Bedside Diagnostic Testing and Procedures Clinical Conditions in the Inpatient Setting Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, Second Edition is essential reading for clinicians who strive to optimize inpatient care and sharpen their leadership skills.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071843140

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9780071843140

The American Freshman

National Norms for Fall 2012 (Print on Demand)

By: John Pryor,Kevin Eagan,Laura Palucki Blake,Sylvia Hurtado,Jennifer Berdan,Matthew Case

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The American Freshman

National Norms for Fall 2012 (Print on Demand)

By: John Pryor,Kevin Eagan,Laura Palucki Blake,Sylvia Hurtado,Jennifer Berdan,Matthew Case

Provides national normative data on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen.

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Higher Education Research Institute

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1878477226

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9781878477224

Signs of Borges

By: Sylvia Molloy

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Signs of Borges

By: Sylvia Molloy

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Duke University Press

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0822314207

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9780822314202

Animalia

By: Sylvia Molloy

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Animalia

By: Sylvia Molloy

“Me llevó mucho tiempo, y el paso por dos países que no eran el mío, para darme cuenta de que para ser uno mismo es siempre mejor estar con otro, sobre todo si el otro pertenece a una especie distinta, es decir, si es totalmente no uno”. El deseo frustrado de tener una mascota suele ser una situación recurrente en los recuerdos de infancia. El caso de la narradora de estos relatos no es la excepción. En alianza con su hermana, no perdían oportunidad para reclamar la compañía de cualquier ser que fuera de otra especie, pero la respuesta materna era siempre negativa. La imposibilidad suele ser un disparador del ingenio y así esta niña compartió su niñez con animales literarios, insectos y hasta crio gusanos de seda. El tiempo de la revancha no tardó en llegar. Si bien en cuanto se mudó de la casa de sus padres la protagonista prefirió ser ella sola, enseguida pasó a vivir con otros seres, en especial felinos, abriéndose así una etapa de convivencia animal inagotable. Durante una época los nombró con nombres de cantantes; luego, con nombres o sobrenombres de mujeres de presidentes muertos. Sylvia Molloy se detiene en las zonas más entrañables del vínculo que mantenemos con los animales, tantas veces imperceptible bajo la niebla de la rutina, y escribe un catálogo luminoso de breves relatos inolvidables, siempre en buena compañía.

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