Rafael Pombo

Important work not only to know the trajectory of Jaime Torres Bodet but also the ins and outs of his thinking and an era in the history of Mexico of which he was the protagonist. The author, Fernando Zertuche, presents a broad view of Jaime's life; since his formative years and the awakening of his young literary vocation, his time in Universidad Nacional with people like Ezequiel A. Chvez and Jos Vasconcelos, his experience working for the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of Public Education, until his very last days of life. He highlights his many facets as intellectual and...

Segundo volumen de las memorias sin tapujos de Nazario, centrado en su formación sexual y cultural en los convulsos años sesenta y setenta. En La vida cotidiana del dibujante underground, centrado en sus andanzas en la efervescente Barcelona de la Transición, Nazario se reveló como un memorialista excepcional. Confirma sus dotes en este segundo volumen de sus memorias, en el que aborda la etapa inmediatamente anterior. Nos encontramos aquí con Nazario en su etapa de formación sexual y cultural, en el periodo que recorre los años sesenta y los inicios de los setenta del pasado siglo,...

A aquellas mujeres medievales cuyos nombres hicieron historia las han llamado mujeres de luz, trovadoras de Dios... Entre estas mujeres se encuentra la que recibió nombre de luz: Clara de Favarone, Clara de Asís, santa Clara. Su guía, columna y consuelo tiene un nombre: san Francisco de Asís. Su relación fraterna es indescriptible, porque no es nacida de la sensibilidad ni de la carne, nace en esa profundidad pura del ser donde trabaja y transfigura el Espíritu del Señor.

The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the essentials of Robert Browning's life and poetry. Drawing from his personal letters and from the diaries and memoirs of his contemporaries, this literary biography provides a wealth of information about the main events of his life, including the social, political, religious, and aesthetic issues that concerned him; it offers critical commentary defining the central characteristics of his poetry; and it tracks the changes in his reputation through contemporary reviews and the growth of the Browning...