El placer de tan malos tiempos

En estas memorias y reflexiones, Viktor Frankl vuelve su mirada hacia aquellos episodios y encuentros personales que tuvieron mayor impacto en su vida y en su pensamiento: su infancia y juventud en Viena, su actividad como neurólogo en el período de entreguerras, el internamiento en los campos de concentración y su regreso a Viena después de esa dramática experiencia. Describe también su relación con Sigmund Freud y Alfred Adler, y su influencia sobre la logoterapia. Se trata de un libro muy personal que Frankl escribe a los noventa años y que abre una nueva perspectiva para...

This is a pondered biography, free of fanaticism, about the most famous and influential Mexican bishop of the 20th century, a man of action who grew up listening to stories about the Mexican Revolution and religious persecution. He was both well-loved and criticized in and outside the church. This passionate historical study gathers many documents inaccessible until now and includes first-hand accounts from members of the Catholic hierarchy. It discusses whether Samuel Ruiz promoted a theology that incited violence or, on the contrary, if he preached against the armed struggle and defended...

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The intimate story of two of the most famous, yet enigmatic, figures in modern literature—Jack Kerouac and his friend, traveling companion, and hero, Neal Cassady—this is a firsthand account of life among the Beat generation, written by the woman who was Cassady’s wife and Kerouac’s lover. Beginning with the early days of Kerouac and Cassady’s friendship, Carolyn Cassady’s riveting memoir narrates the explosive success of Kerouac’s On the Road and Ginsberg’s "Howl," the flowering of the Beat generation, and the social revolution of the 1960s that saw Kerouac and Cassady taken...