Levántate Mujer

Escritor, filosofo, adelantado, conversador genial, Macedonio Fernandez supo ser muchas otras cosas. La leyenda de Macedonio encuentra con frecuencia un giro de previsibilidad que las anecdotas demasiado contadas exigen. Los datos verdaderos son dificiles de rastrear, porque este hombre increible, el ultimo exponente de una especie, se paso la vida vagabundeando, mudandose, yendo de un lugar a otro sin dar explicaciones. Su literatura, por otro lado, pese a lo autorreferencial, tiene un caracter desconcertante: sigue multiplicando enigmas, situaciones, sorpresas.El trabajo de escribir una...

There is very scarce information on the author of this peculiar book, that many scholars consider initiated the British appetite for the Spanish colonies in South America. Accarette -as he calls himself- or Accarette du Biscay -as appears in the English translation of his story- seems to have been a French-Basque adventurer who traveled twice to South America between 1657 and 1660 under the false identity of a Spanish subject, as the Spanish regime would not allow non-subjects to disembark in its colonies. His most evident purpose -a fact Accarette does not hide- was the lucrative smuggling...

«La noche de mi muerte ocurrieron cosas extrañas en mi apartamento parisino...». Un Jean Guitton casi centenario imagina en Mi testamento filosófico su muerte, su entierro y su juicio. En su lecho de muerte dialoga con Pascal sobre las razones para creer en Dios, con Bergson sobre las razones para ser cristiano y con Pablo VI sobre las razones de ser católico. Durante su entierro conversa sobre el arte con el Greco, sobre el mal con de Gaulle, sobre el amor y la poesía con Dante y sobre la filosofía con Sócrates. En su juicio intervienen santa Teresa de Lisieux y François...

The International No. 1 Bestseller 'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times 'A book that begs discussion' Vanity Fair All Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't touch her? All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town? All Sloane wanted was to be admired. How did she end up a sexual object of men, including her husband, who liked to watch her have sex with other men and women? Three Women is a record of unmet needs,...