“The prestige and fame of Ann Beattie (Washington, 1947) rest on many stories that, since the mid-1970s, established her as The Representative Writer of New Yorker-style fiction. Ann Beattie as that more or less direct heiress of John Updike (who in turn descended from John O'Hara and John Cheever)
HISTORY *Identities and tolerance in the modern Hispanic world. Antonio Feros * Divine madness. María Tausiet * Women in the War of Independence. Emilio la Parra López ISLAM *Enigmas in the sand. Chase Robinson *Readings on Islam. Antonio Elorza *Anthropologists and orientalists. Ángeles Ramírez SOCIOLOGY *Malcolm Gladwell, narrayist. Juan Antonio Rivera
Come to the “tellebration” with us! Monthly Saturday morning meetings where kids can enjoy selected stories in English with Brian George (Oliver) as storyteller. Recommended for children between the ages of 4 – 9. Two adults per child maximum. approx. 40 minutes. Participation is free. Seating is limited; entrance is open until full capacity (35
“The collected dialogues of Plato, including the letters” “All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are presented here in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British and American translators of the last
Summary of this magazine: CARTAS *About the controversies on the internet in “Under the dictatorship of the masses” by Patricio Pron by Moisés Rodríguez López and Alejandro Garnica *About the “Editor's Letter” by Manuel Borrás by Verónica *About “ What remains of the Wall” by Edwin Lombardo and Federico Zertuche CONVIVIO *Ideology
Summary of this number: *< >. Claudio Magris *Monuments to shame. Norman Manea * Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?. Juan Ángel Juristo *Bruce Springsteen and the nearby Christ. Marc Gual Aleu *Nikos Kazantzakis, correspondent in the Spanish Civil War *40 days in Spain. Carlos García Santa Cecilia *What I saw during
“Curious George goes to the hospital” by Margret and HA Rey “George is home alone and finds a box containing a wooden jigsaw puzzle, but is unaware of that. He opens the box and pulls out one particular piece and, assuming it might be candy, puts it in his mouth and swallows it. The Man
Exhibition of photographs “Terre de Personne” by Pierre Gonnord “This exhibition presents the work of the artist Pierre Gonnord (Cholet, France, 1963), one of the main exponents of the practice of photographic portraiture today. Over the last twelve years, Pierre Gonnord has made individual portraits of various groups in which he has prioritized
“Industries of consciousness: a social history of advertising in Spain 1975-2009” by Raúl Eguizábal “This volume recounts the history of advertising in Spain from 1975 to the present. Addresses the influence of advertising through its main campaigns. Professor at the Complutense University, Raúl Eguizábal (Logroño, 1955) crowns with Industrias
“Paranoid Park” directed by Gus Van Sant [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkMDs3FXVzg] “Alex (Gabe Nevins) is a teenage skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard at the surroundings of Paranoid Park, a troubled public park in Portland. However, Alex decides not to comment to anyone." Extracted from Labutaca.net. See also: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0842929/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoid_Park_(film) http://www.letraslibres.com/index.php?art=12850 The