“Captivity and coexistence in the age of Cervantes” by Natalio Ohanna “Captivity and coexistence in the age of Cervantes explores Spanish narratives of coexistence in Islamic and Amerindian lands gathered around the motif of captivity, through a selection that proposes to cover the period of the Spanish intellectual history marked by the conjuncture of the struggle
“The lie will make you free: Fact and fiction in democracy” written by Fernando Vallespín “As D'Israeli said, politics is the “art of governing humanity through deception”. Indeed, the space of the political has always been seen as a sphere especially conducive to mendacity, hypocrisy and simulation.”
“Old Light” written by John Banville “Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love with his mother. Love may be too strong a word, but I know of no softer word that can be applied.” Extracted from House of the Book. See also: http://www.alfaguara.com/es/libro/antigua-luz/ http://bit.ly/We0sJ2 http://bit.ly/TxhEFU The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute.
“The night has no walls” by JM Caballero Bonald “A new book of poems by Caballero Bonald, National Poetry Prize. This new poetic installment, made up of a hundred poems, represents, in the words of Caballero Bonald himself, a sum of last wishes.” Extracted from The House of the Book. See also: http://bit.ly/16PQge8 http://mun.do/XuIeEI https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Caballero_Bonald
"The city and the pillar of salt and seven stories of youth" by Gore Vidal "The love between two men is treated with great literary solidity, and an exact mixture of courage and lucidity." Extracted from The House of the Book. See also: http://bit.ly/16VTStm http://bit.ly/12MRacN http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute.
“A la vista” written by Daniel Sada “Ponciano Palma and Sixto Araiza planned everything very well. Above all, it was necessary to awaken even more the never-sleeping greed of Serafín Farías, the owner of the transport company, the boss, the exploiter, that man who felt himself to be a Man with capital letters because of his
The highlights of the week “The rain god cries over Mexico” written by László Passuth “The conquest of Mexico was undoubtedly one of the greatest feats that occurred in the history of imperial Spain. Hernán Cortés and his army of five hundred soldiers obtained for their King and his religion the most
“Home land” by Sam Lipsyte “What if someone finally wrote to his high school alumni bulletin and told…the truth! Here is an update from hell, and the most brilliant work to date, by the novelist whom Jeffrey Eugenides calls “original, devious, and very funny” and of whose first novel Chuck Palahniuk wrote, “I laughed out
“Personal History” by Katharine Graham “An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, Personal History is, as its title suggests, a book composed of both personal memoir and history…” Excerpted from Goodreads See also: http://bit.ly/YJKgwx http://nyti.ms/MXTtjM http://bit.ly/XS2XiG http://bit.ly/XG9wXv The recommended titles are in the Library of the Institute
“Gigantic” directed by Matt Aselton “Brian, an introverted young man who works as a mattress salesman, is strangely interested in adopting a Chinese baby. But this kind of obsession will be interrupted when he meets the unconventional Happy, the beautiful daughter of a millionaire client… ”Extracted from Fnac See also: http://bit.ly/YQ1Zoy http://www.imdb.com /title/tt1176251/ http://ind.pn/WGNBCJ http://bit.ly/Youc6n