“The tale-tellers: a short study of humanity” by Nancy Huston “To be human is to have a story and to tell stories – an 'I' only comes into being thanks to the 'we's' which, through stories, we are taught to identify with and relate to. Each and every detail of our precious identities, from our names
“Historia social del flamenco” by Alfredo Grimaldos “The work narrates from the first satirical lyrics against the French invasion at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, from flamenco to the Bourbon restoration in the XNUMXth century, the Civil War, Francoism and democracy. The book takes a tour of the main traditions, songs, melodies, artists
“El Letras Arrebatadas: Poetry and Chemistry in the Spanish Transition” by Germán Labrador Méndez “In this book, Labrador Méndez analyzes the literature that was cultivated in Spain under the influence of drugs during the Transition, a period that, from a broad perspective, the author places between 1970 and 1986.” Extracted from Digitalcommons. See also:
“Today is not yesterday” by Santos Juliá Díaz “Santos Juliá has brought together 13 recent essays that return to XNUMXth-century Spain and propose a different way of seeing things. This was not a failed country, inevitably condemned to split in two in a fratricidal war for not having been able to resolve its conflicts
“The silence of books” by George Steiner “George Steiner underlines the permanence –always threatened– and the fragility of the book, taking an interest, paradoxically, in those who have wanted its end. To his dazzling approach to reading is added a radical critique of the new forms of illusion, intolerance and barbarism produced in a
“Notes from a trip to the East” by Julián Marías “Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Greece and Italy are some of the destinations that Julián Marías glosses over in the diaries and letters of “Notes from a trip to the East”, published by Páginas of foam.” Extracted from ABC See also: http://e-revistas.uc3m.es/index.php/CIAN/article/view/1259/538 http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/Notas/viaje/Oriente /elpepuculbab/20110611elpbabpor_45/Tes http://www.la2revelacion.com/?p=2275 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvohh4EWoQs http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juli%C3 %A1n_Mar%C3%ADas The recommended titles
"Blue serenity or The death of loved ones" by Luis Mateo Díez "This story is written from the immediacy of family deaths that, once again, sponsored the difficult dilemma of the impossibility of understanding death and the need to understand it." Extracted from Alfaguara. See also: http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/LETRAS/27906/Azul_serenidad_o_la_muerte_de_los_seres_queridos http://www.revistadeletras.net/empuerta-a-leer-azul-serenidad-o-la-muerte-de-los- beloved-beings-of-luis-mateo-diez/ http://www.publico.es/culturas/336883/luis-mateo-diez-se-acerca-sin-concesiones-a-la-muerte The selected titles are