José Berg, testigo y protagonista del siglo XX

Collected here are journal entries culled from 18 notebooks that Allen Ginsberg kept during the 1950s and early 1960s, when he and his fellow Beat poets led an insurrection that profoundly altered the American literary and cultural landscapes. The diary notes, dreams, poems, reflections, and thoughts included in this book intimately illuminate Ginsberg's travels and his mental journeys. They reveal conversations with William Carlos Williams, drug experiences, a chance meeting with Dylan Thomas, stays in Mexico and the cities of San Francisco and New York, first impressions of Naked Lunch,...

Esta obra describe no sólo la vida y el pensamiento del genial autor de la Oda a la alegría, su decisiva amistad con Goethe, la lucha contra la enfermedad, sus avatares sentimentales o la difícil posición de un artista en la época del despotismo ilustrado, sino que traza asimismo el retrato de uno de los movimientos más prodigiosos de la cultura occidental: el idealismo alemán. Personalidades filosóficas y literarias de la talla de Goethe, Herder, Schelling, Hölderlin o los hermanos Schlegel aparecen aquí vivamente perfiladas. Y en esta fascinante biografía, galardonada en 2005 con ...

Carried out in complete confidence by a close friend of Jean-Paul Sartre who was authorized to write his biography, these interviews allow readers entry into one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century. In this revealing and impressive portrait, readers can witness some of Sartre’s greatest complexities, especially his inner struggle with the apparent contradiction between his point of view on freedom and the influence of social conditions on decision-making. Additionally, the philosopher elaborates on his thoughts regarding the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the...

Unique for its focus on the early, formative years of the world-renowned Basque designer, this thorough examination of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s life and career is a textual and visual wonder, with an abundance of documents and unpublished images of his hometown, his childhood, and even his personal notes. From his birth in Getaria, a small fishing village on Spain’s northern coast, to his move to Paris following the Spanish Civil War, this exploration of the designer’s origins examines in detail the events and experiences that influenced Balenciaga’s designs and turned him into a...