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«Mi vida no me interesa en absoluto», solía decir públicamente André Malraux (1901-1976). Pero, de hecho, sólo le interesaba su vida, que concebía como una obra y que quizá sea su mejor novela. Así es como la aborda Olivier Todd , que en esta biografía exhaustiva la recorre sin complacencia ni agresividad, pero con la intención de que ninguna de las preguntas que suscita Malraux , como novelista, intelectual, político y personaje público, quede sin respuesta. ¿Fue realmente desgraciada su infancia, que él decía odiar? ¿Llegó a ser un revolucionario? ¿En qué sentido?...

In this imaginative novel, Philip Roth converts the status of baseball from a national myth and pastime into the basis for biting satire, replete with heroism and treachery, wordplay, and an unforgettable cast of characters. Locked away in an asylum, once-famous sports journalist Word Smith attempts to write the great American novel through the story of one of the United States most celebrated baseball teams. The team s epic feats in the now-defunct Patriot League were soon forgotten after when, in the mid-1940s, Communist conspiracy infiltrated the heart of the United States in an effort to...

Es un conjunto articulado de tres ensayos sobre Dalí: su visión del cuerpo y del amor, de la podredumbre; su concepción de la arquitectura, y las implicaciones morales e intelectuales del método iconológico y paranoico-crítico del artista.

The world is filled with curious objects made by plants, animals, and even by the Earth itself. Dive into this collection of more than 100 intriguing items from the natural world and discover the stories behind them. Learn how huge whales eat tiny animals from looking at their bristly teeth, why butterflies shine and glitter in the sunlight from seeing their minute wing scales, how plants transport water and food around from examining a delicate leaf skeleton, and what makes every snowflake unique from admiring their miniature, branching crystals of ice. Birds' eggs, a lump of coal, a glass...