LA SABIDURÍA DE LAS PALABRAS

Figura notable de las letras mexicanas y universales, poeta, humanista, dramaturgo, ensayista, fundador de importantes instituciones culturales. Alfonso Reyes cultivó a lo largo de su vida el amor por la civilización y la literatura francesa.

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...

The lives of Rita Marley and her husband Bob Marley are intimately shared in this look at their youths, their marriage, and the music that has made them legends. Beginning with her youth in the Trench Town ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Rita narrates her early encounters with the Wailing Wailers and how her relationship with Bob developed and changed as he transformed from local musician to international icon. This memoir emphasizes Rita's own musicianship, first as part of Bob Marley's backing vocalists, the I-Threes, and later her career after his death carrying on the musical legacy he began.

People remain fascinated by her love affairs, her thirty-year relationship with the detective fiction writer Dashiell Hammett, and her visits to Spain during its civil war and to Russia during World War II."--BOOK JACKET.