Memòries

La vida del beato Charles de Foucauld, nacido en Estrasburgo en 1848 y asesinado en Argelia en 1916, resulta ser el itinerario de un hombre polifacético, original y perennemente inquieto, que encuentra al fin cierto sosiego en el hallazgo de Jesús de Nazaret y en la vivencia de una espiritualidad propia. Foucauld fue primero militar, luego explorador y geógrafo de mérito y, mucho más tarde, lingüista experto en la lengua tuareg, además de antiesclavista con éxito. Pero sobre todo fue un hombre de Dios. Desde su conversión a los 28 años de edad, su existencia recorre distintas...

These sincere, sometimes shocking, and always insightful essays finally strip Joaquín Sabina bare and disclose the man behind the legend. Without ignoring any details, this biography recounts the fame, music, drugs, sex, alcohol, politics, women, and loves of his life.

In July 2021, Roberto Calasso, editor, writer, intellectual, man of letters, essential figure of Italian and European culture, passed away. Jorge Herralde, accomplice editor and friend of many years, since the youthful meetings in Frankfurt in the seventies of the last century, pays tribute to him. This volume brings together a range of texts that approach him from different angles and draw a wide portrait of this fascinating character. The reader will also discover his own voice with his speech at the reception of the Formentor Prize, which was awarded to him in 2016.

The former first lady describes, in rich detail, her experiences as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Her prominent place in American history is matched by her extraordinary popularity.