Don Guillén de Lampart, hijo de sus hazañas

Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was twenty-two; he was forty-three. Hailed as Rivera’s exotic young wife who “dabbles in art,” she went on to produce brilliant paintings but remained in her husband’s shadow throughout her life. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo’s fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through “Fridamania,” this book explores Kahlo’s life, art, and legacies, while also scrutinizing the...

Tras más de un siglo de historia, el Premio Nobel de Literatura aparece envuelto en la polémica desde el momento en que Jean-Paul Sartre lo rechazara en 1964. Descubra las razones por las que el Nobel comenzó a politizarse y ser considerado un arma ideológica. La polémica, la consideración del premio como "un elemento burgués", las grandes figuras que quedaron fuera y la adaptación del premio a las corrientes dominantes de los intereses socioeconómicos globales. La incorporación de la figura femenina, cada vez más presente en parcelas que antes le estaban vetadas. Un viaje...

Bette A. Reagan provides a time line of the major events in the life of American novelist Rebecca Blaine Davis (1831-1910). Reagan includes a discussion of Davis' writings.

How would you describe the every day life of little girls throughout history? What did they aspire to do? What were their greatest worries? This book focuses on 33 girls that have resided on every continent, in different cultures and ages. Every one of these girls has tried to understand the world around them and dreamt of a better future. This book transcends borders and time to discover what all of these little girls have had in common, despite their varying circumstances.