Jose Clemente Orozco

When I saw her again later, I revised my first judgment. I fell under the spell of her "Maori charm." Notwithstanding all the intermixture, the Tahitian type was still very pure in her. And then the memory of her ancestor, the great chief Tati, gave her as well as her brother and all her family an appearance of truly imposing grandeur. She had the majestic sculptural form of her race, ample and at the same time gracious. The arms were like the two columns of a temple, simple, straight; and the whole bodily form with the long horizontal line of the shoulder, and the vast height terminating...

Desde el primer momento como Papa electo, u obispo de Roma, apelativo que él mismo prefiere, el hasta hace poco cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio dio señales claras al mundo de los cambios que traerá su pontificado. La misma elección del nombre de Francisco nos indica su prioridad por ser como Francisco de Asís, el santo que vivió en la pobreza y que consagró su vida a los más desamparados. Su manera directa y espontánea de romper el protocolo y acercarse a la gente, su sencillez, que destaca en un Vaticano cargado de símbolos de pompa mundana y riqueza material y, entre otras cosas,...

A collection of revealing interviews, this book tells Nick Cave’s tumultuous yet successful story in his own words. Discussing his 30-year-long career as a rock-and-roll front man as well as his other labors as a talented novelist, screenwriter, and songwriter, this illuminating autobiography-of-sorts provides insight into why Cave has become one of the most respected artists in recent history. These no-holds-barred interviews cover everything from his time with The Birthday Party, to the global success of The Bad Seeds, to the relationship between his addictions and his artistry. Una...

El masoquista, el perfeccionista indolente aterrorizado por la exhaustividad. Franz el metamórfico y sus dobles, desalineado y aislado, pasivo y parásito. Franz, novio eterno y sádico. Franz: el ángel y el vampiro que, entre cuatro paredes, busca al Indestructible en la noche. Kafka. Kafka el leguleyo, constructor de mundos-máquina, Kafka el gólem creado por un padre dominante, Kafka el judío. Franz Kafka, el observador, que escribe de noche para entender cómo lo hacen los demás para vivir sus días.