Sobre Quevedo y su época

“I hate literary letters, carefully drafted, copied over and over; I sit at the typewriter and let the vast river of thoughts and affection flow,” Julio Cortázar wrote in 1942: a statement he lived by. In these letters, which read like a personal diary, autobiography and «binnacle» for his books, we glimpse the making of an unmistakable style. Ever-inquisitive, Cortázar delves into every aspect of his efforts as a writer, his political restlessness and personal ups-and-downs. He sums up each day, comments on what he reads, hears and sees, and recounts his adventures as a translator,...

Son relatos, historias tan sencillas y cercanas con las que no será difícil arrancaros una sonrisa cómplice, un pensamiento positivo o que os envuelva un torbellino de sentimientos agridulces como la misma vida. Será para ella un verdadero honor y privilegio recibiros a todos/as como lectores/as.

¿Es el actual independentismo, como sugiere la caverna madrileña, una continuación del pujolisme?, ¿han sufrido los habitantes del noreste de la piel de toro un rapto límbico?, ¿podemos describir lo que está pasando en Cataluña como "guerra, enfermedad y venganza"? Sencillamente: no, no y no. Para entender lo que está ocurriendo necesitamos nuevas metáforas y sensibilidades; a fin de cuentas, el escenario es completamente inédito. Asociaciones que rechazan cualquier sentimiento catalán pero que defienden con uñas y dientes la secesión, emprendedores que teorizan sobre las...

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