The second (and first bilingual) edition of a novel by Santiago Garc铆a-Casta帽贸n, 鈥淰ida y fabulosas aventuras de Pedro Men茅ndez de Avil茅s (The Life and Fabulous Adventures of Pedro Men茅nedez de Avil茅s),鈥漺as published in Spain in July.
Written in the first-person in 16th-century Spanish, it is a historical novel about the Spanish seaman and explorer who founded the city of St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565.
Garc铆a-Casta帽贸n is a professor of Spanish in 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Department of World Languages. He also gave the following presentations:
鈥淧edro Men茅ndez entre la historia y la ficci贸n,鈥 an invited lecture for the Asociacion Cultural La Serrana in Aviles, Spain, on July 8.
鈥淟as huellas de Erat贸 y otros poemas,鈥 a poetry reading at the Art Street Festival inAvil茅s on July 18.
鈥淪pain: From Franco and Fascism to a Modern Democracy,鈥 an invited lecture at the Center for Life Enrichment in Highlands on Aug. 19.