Anécdotas de una tía

As thousands of other Latin Americans, the Marin family immigrated to the US in search of a better life. With no knowledge of the English language, no scholarships or other benefits, Rosario braved her way through our competitive society. Her life story, set amidst some truly tragic events, is a statement to a life of perseverance, commitment, trust, and love. It is also a testimony that proves that the only real boundaries are those we impose on ourselves. It is a fount of inspiration for all of us who encounter adversity every day of our lives.

As an actress, Diana Quick was forever trying on the mask of other people's lives - raiding her own memory to service the character she was playing. Coming from a large, noisy family in Kent that seemed to be plain-speaking and straightforward, she was astonished to find on her beloved father's death that his childhood in India was far from idyllic. She was then thunderstruck to hear that he was to have a requiem mass. She had no idea he was Catholic. She discovered that his stepmother had got rid of him and his sister upon marrying his father and that he had grown up in almost total...

En las presentes Memorias de Pedro Javier Martínez que hoy os exponemos, el poeta abre en canal su alma ante el posible lector y siente la necesidad de mostrarle, además de su entrañable amor por la poesía, a la que ha dedicado más de 70 años de su ya largo devenir, las secuencias de algunos de sus actos más íntimos; todo ello amasado con un desenfadado toque de ironía, a la que nuestro poeta es especialmente proclive. Su agitada y cumplida vida durante sus años barceloneses le llevaron a relacionarse con importantes personajes de la escena, en la que efectuó acertados pinitos, y...

Pocas biografías como ésta dan cuenta de una personalidad tan implacable como prolífica, de un ansia conquistadora y de renovación tan intensa como la de Astor Piazzolla. Con un espíritu indómito y vanguardista, siempre fiel a sus convicciones y a su manera de entender la música, se trata de una vida llena de desarraigos y de desilusiones, marcada de modo inevitable por el trabajo, el estudio y una inagotable pasión por el tango.