Reinas y princesas sufridoras

The Texas refinery town of Leechfield, perched on the swampy rim of the Gulf, is famous for mosquitoes and the manufacture of Agent Orange - a place where the only bookstores are religious ones and the restaurants serve only fried food. A handful of the Leechfield oil workers gather regularly at the American Legion Bar to drink salted beer and spin long, improbable tales. They're the Liars' Club. And to the girl whose father is the club's undisputed champion mythmaker, they exude a fatal glamour - one that lifts her from ordinary life. But there are other lies. Darker, more hidden. Her...

Many thought of her as Queen Nancy. Others as the Dragon Lady. But for millions of Americans, Nancy Reagan was the always-smiling and deeply admiring presidential spouse who stood by her man; that image lingers still in the touching picture of a bereaved widow at her husband's casket. Nancy Reagan has stirred passionate defenders and acerbic critics in many books and the media. James Benze, however, is the first biographer to discuss the effect of her acting background on her tenure as first lady. Unlike earlier biographers, he focuses on the way she applied her acting skills to meet the...

Félix Luna nos regala un libro encantador: una suerte de autobiografía razonada. Sistematiza su vida y experiencias en siete grandes áreas, que presenta con un orden algo sorpresivo. La música está en primer lugar, y sólo después aparece la historia. Luego siguen el país, el trabajo, la formación, la familia y, como remate, la política.

Una antología de relatos y reflexiones que siguen la fórmula del manuscrito encontrado: el escritor, convertido en narrador, amigo del Doctor Angélico, recibe el libro antes de su muerte. El libro con tintes autobiográficos muestra a la perfección el proceso de evolución ideológica seguido por Palacio Valdés. Con la voz del Doctor Angélico como hilo narrativo, el autor habla de feminismo, política u otros problemas sociales que estaban en boca de los círculos literarios del momento. Armando Palacio Valdés (1853-1938) fue escritor y crítico literario. Creció en el ambiente rural...