Madre Teresa de Calcuta

Las vivencias, con sus pros y sus contras, de un emigrante espanol que transcurre su vida entre dos culturas. "Comence a escribir este libro -cuenta su autor- para documentar el peculiar viaje que realice con burro y carro desde Toledo hasta Santiago de Compostela, una especie de peregrinacion-aventura. A medida que iba narrando, me di cuenta de que mi propia vida podia tener bastante interes y eso me llevo a seguir indagando en mi memoria y a proseguir el relato, enfocando en los sucesos y las anecdotas mas peculiares y exoticas. En mis experiencias, siempre repare en los detalles y en el...

Narración en la que tienen cabida algunos hechos sobresalientes en los setenta y tres años de vida del autor que van, desde su niñez hasta su jubilación, como Almirante General de la Armada. Una carrera fuera de lo común, puesto que la inició con 17 años, como marinero raso.

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of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s life and career is a textual and visual wonder, with an abundance of documents and unpublished images of his hometown, his childhood, and even his personal notes.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...

The correspondence in this brief collection tells of journeys, separations, fantasies, and misunderstandings experienced by the colorful Arthur Cravan, all written to his wife Mina Loy prior to his mysterious disappearance in the Gulf of Mexico. The complete and partial letters and postcards are not mere love letters but rather an introduction to a true character who embodied the worries, activities, and audacities of early 20th-century culture. Even though Mina did not love Arthur at first, it is quite apparent in the content of this book that he was completely struck by her immediately. La...