This rich, diverse collection features more than 50 authentic and accessible literary selections by classical
and contemporary Spanish and Latin American writers.Appropriate for use at the intermediate level in combination
with other Spanish texts or as the main text in a literature, conversation/composition, or culture course,Aventuras
literarias is designed to accompany the intermediate core text, Continuemos! 7/e.
Designed to promote critical thinking about literature, this reader develops students' ability to read and
understand authentic works, to express their ideas orally and in writing, and to employ literary terms and concepts
in analyzing content and style.
New! A revised organization features 10 chapters with a more balanced progression of prose and poetry selections
that progress from simpler, shorter readings in early chapters to lengthier or more complex works in later chapters.
Enhanced! A more diverse representation of writers features women writers from Latin America and Spain (Sor
Juana Inés de la Cruz, Olga Ramírez de Arellano, Ana María Matute, and Silvia Molina), contemporary
Latin American writers (such as Borges, Cortázar, and García Márquez), and new selections
by Dominican Blas R. Jiménez and Mexican American José Antonio Burciaga.
New! To facilitate course management, each literary selection is accompanied by in-context examples of structures
introduced in the corresponding lesson of ¡Continuemos!
New! Expanded pre-reading support now includes the presentation of vocabulary followed by a preparatory activity
for practice.
New! Practice with connections to everyday life: A conversation activity following each reading selection encourages
students to discuss themes and issues in the context of their own lives.
Table of Contents
Capítulo 1
El haz de leña (fábula), Esopo
Cuento del loro chismoso y de la mujer pícara (cuento oriental medieval)
Apocalipsis, Marco Denevi
Meciendo, Gabriela Mistral
Rima XI, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Capítulo 2
El hombre que tenía dos esposas (fábula)
Génesis, Marco Denevi
La muerte (El grimorio), Enrique Anderson-Imbert
Nacha Ceniceros, Nellie Campobello
En paz, Amado Nervo
Rima XXX, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Capítulo 3
Leyenda, Jorge Luis Borges
El maestro traicionado, Marco Denevi
La muerte, Enrique Anderson-Imbert
Los deseos, Fernán Caballero
Diálogo negro, Blas R. Jiménez
de Versos sencillos, José Martí
Capítulo 4
La niña fea, Ana María Matute
El tiempo borra, Javier de Viana
No hay mal que por bien no venga, Ricardo Palma
Cuadrados y ángulos, Alfonsina Storni
Hombre pequeñito, Alfonsina Storni
Capítulo 5
El castellano viejo, Mariano José de Larra
Una carta a Dios, Gregorio López y Fuentes
La higuera, Juana de Ibarbourou
¡Amemos! Amado Nervo
Capítulo 6
Viajes, Julio Cortázar
El décimo, Emilia Pardo Bazán
Ultimo acto, Pablo de la Torriente Brau
Canción de jinete, Federico García Lorca
No sé por qué piensas tú..., Nicolás Guillén
Capítulo 7
El as de espadas, Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá
El adversario, Olga Ramírez de Arellano
El viaje definitivo, Juan Ramón Jiménez
Canto de esperanza, Daisy Zamora
Capítulo 8
Un cumpleaños, Julio Camba
El crimen de la calle de la Perseguida, Armando Palacio Valdés
Poema XXIII, Antonio Machado
Capítulo 9
La casa nueva, Silvia Molina
Un día de éstos, Gabriel García Márquez
Poema 10, Pablo Neruda
Capítulo 10
Mareo escolar, José Antonio Burciaga
El arrepentido, Ana María Matute
A Julia de Burgos, Julia de Burgos
Lecturas suplementarias
Selecciones poéticas
Masa, César Vallejo
Un puñado de tierra, Herib Campos Cervera
Letanía del mar, Julia de Burgos
Otoño, Francisco Mena-Ayllón
Selecciones de prosa
El crimen del viejo Pedro, Javier de Viana
Con los ojos cerrados, Reinaldo Arenas
Los amigos, Julio Cortázar
La venganza, Olga Carreras González
Mi raza, José Martí
El arrebato, Rosa Montero
