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Por primera vez, la extraordinaria vida de Neus Català, explicada por ella misma y revisada a través de una ambiciosa novela de memorias magistralmente construida por Carme Martí. Su infancia en un pequeño pueblo del Priorato; la juventud interrumpida...

Unique for its focus on the early, formative years of the world-renowned Basque designer, this thorough examination of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s life and career is a textual and visual wonder, with an abundance of documents and unpublished images of his hometown, his childhood, and even his personal notes. From his birth in Getaria, a small fishing village on Spain’s northern coast, to his move to Paris following the Spanish Civil War, this exploration of the designer’s origins examines in detail the events and experiences that influenced Balenciaga’s designs and turned him into a...

La vida de san Francisco de Asís es notablemente diferente de las vidas de los santos al uso. Álvaro Pombo, en simpatía con la antigua tradición franciscana, elige en este libro un estilo correspondiente al gran sobresalto intelectual y afectivo que produce el biografiado. Adopta, por eso, el punto de vista y la voz o voces de los primeros hermanos que acompañaron a Francisco. Con una notable mezcla de atrevimiento, seriedad y simpatía profunda, Álvaro Pombo se convierte, al mismo tiempo, en la voz plural, brillante y humilde de aquella primera comunidad franciscana, una docena mal...

The "Lazarillo." offers a sound and credible vision of the colonial life between 1771 and 1773, as well as practical details of the trip from Montevideo up to Lima, through Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Salta, Potosi, Chuquisaca and Cuzco. According to Jose Luis Busaniche, the argentine born historian, "through its pages flows a new feeling about nature, far apart from the previous letters and documents of the colonial era" Its first edition circulated in a clandestine way in America. The text is the transcription of don Alonso Carrio de la Vandera's writings during his royal commission of fixing...