Si digo muerte, digo vida

La historia de mi vida habla de momentos que viví desde pequeño hasta hacerme mayor, de recuerdos que tengo y que nunca olvidaré. Momentos divertidos, difíciles, etc… Esta ha sido mi vida.

Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was twenty-two; he was forty-three. Hailed as Rivera’s exotic young wife who “dabbles in art,” she went on to produce brilliant paintings but remained in her husband’s shadow throughout her life. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo’s fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through “Fridamania,” this book explores Kahlo’s life, art, and legacies, while also scrutinizing the...

Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnessed atrocities that no child ever should. Her father was killed by rebels and her mother died of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela was mistreated and saw the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Then Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple, and Michaela begins to take dance lessons. But life in the States isn't without difficulties. Unfortunately, tragedy can find its way to Michaela in America, too, and her past can feel like it's haunting her. The world...

Escrito durante su movilización en Alsacia entre 1939 y 1940, este diario posee el inestimable valor de ser a un tiempo el testimonio de un soldado y la reflexión sobre sí y sobre su situación de uno de los pensadores más lúcidos de la época.