El inmigrante piamontés I

A collection of revealing interviews, this book tells Nick Cave’s tumultuous yet successful story in his own words. Discussing his 30-year-long career as a rock-and-roll front man as well as his other labors as a talented novelist, screenwriter, and songwriter, this illuminating autobiography-of-sorts provides insight into why Cave has become one of the most respected artists in recent history. These no-holds-barred interviews cover everything from his time with The Birthday Party, to the global success of The Bad Seeds, to the relationship between his addictions and his artistry. Una...

From the author of the critically acclaimed Fruit of the Drunken Treecomes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir about liberating herself fromWestern notions of fact and fiction to reclaim her family's otherworldlylegacy. For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in theColombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?"was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy andviolence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, acommunity healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, curethe sick, and ...

Con este libro, doy nacimiento, a una veta de escritora que tenía guardada dentro de mí, y que, por falta de tiempo, no había podido hacerlo. Es el producto de muchas madrugadas de repasar una vida llena de alegrías y tristezas, de compromisos y sacrificios, para lograr hoy muchas metas propuestas. En este libro, narro las barreras, sacrificios y dolores que he tenido que romper y sobrellevar para lograr muchas metas. Quiero con el nacimiento de esta obra poder ayudar a todos los que, en la vida, se les han cerrado sus caminos o que no creen que los sueños y las metas son posibles. Es,...

Una narración chispeante y rigurosa sobre la vida de las minorías cristianas que sobreviven en Oriente Medio.