La política apasionada

Told through personal interviews, this biographical study of Freddie Mercury and his role in the rock band Queen tells the story of three academics and an art student who decided to go against the rigid rules of the music industry and create their own movement. Speaking openly on all aspects of the band—from their rough start, the many times that they were about to break up, problems with the press, the stresses of being on tour, and internal disputes—Mercury gives a bittersweet and sometimes contradictory portrait of a rock icon from the 1970s. Dicho a través de entrevistas personales,...

This book is an exploration of Jack Kerouac, the writer that a whole generation turned into their reluctant spokesman. Duval gives a voice to key figures from that movement: the poet Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassadys wife and Kerouacs lover; Joyce Johnson, who was in a relationship with the writerwhen he became famous; Timothy Leary, the psychedelic guru of the sixties; Anne Waldman, beat poet; and Ken Kesey, a central figure of American counter-culture. Through their stories, we investigate the mysterious figure of Jack Kerouac, the man who wrote the most important novel of his generation to...

Simone Weil (1909-1943) fue una de las pensadoras más notables del siglo xx, una filósofa que realmente vivió de acuerdo con sus ideales políticos y éticos. En su corta vida enmarcada por las dos guerras mundiales enseñó filosofía a estudiantes y trabajadores sindicales, se unió al movimiento de la Francia Libre en Londres y murió sin lograr llegar a su país para ayudar a la Resistencia. Robert Zaretsky nos ofrece aquí a una Weil diferente y nos revela nuevas facetas que iluminan sus contradicciones: «una anarquista que abrazó ideas conservadoras, una pacifista que luchó en la...

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