Guía de lectura: Antología de las Historias extraordinarias

Great men were once children, and perhaps, they even desired to have everything we now have at arm's reach. Some were born into poverty; others were orphaned and cared for by relatives or institutions. Extreme scarcity or social turmoil was often a part of their daily lives. However, these greats allowed themselves to envision a better future and follow their dreams. They worked incessantly to make their visions a reality. As a result, they've gifted humanity with proof that dreams do come true.

Desde José Manuel Balmaceda, bajo cuya presidencia nace, hasta Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, bajo cuya segunda presidencia muere, la vida de Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) transcurre a la par ciudadana del país, y esté en donde esté, ira también con ella “el ritmo vital” de un Chile de aquellas dos últimas décadas del siglo XIX y de toda la primera mitad del XX. No hay autor o autora en nuestra literatura chilena y en nuestra historia cívica que haya tenido una motivación tan fervorosa y, a su vez, tan vitalizadora como Gabriela Mistral de cada uno de estos personajes de la vida...

La biografía de Pío Baroja, una vida fecunda. Pío Baroja fue, sin duda, uno de los máximos escritores del siglo XX español. También es uno de los más leídos, hasta el punto que el adjetivo «barojiano» como forma de entender la escritura tiene una irrecusable y expresiva entidad. Y, sin embargo, es uno de los menos estudiados, si se le compara con Unamuno, Machado y Valle-Inclán, e incluso con su amigo Azorín. La presente biografía reúne los datos de una vida que ha sido contada otras veces y que el mismo Baroja narró en dos de sus momentos: al pasar la cuarentena y al entrar en ...

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way?" With these words, Pablo Picasso described the revolutionary methods of painting and artistic perspective with which he challenged the ways people and the world were defined. His life was a similarly complex prism of people, places, and ideologies that spanned most of the twentieth century. Acclaimed scholar Mary Ann Caws provides in Pablo Picasso a fresh and concise...