UN PUENTE ENTRE DOS CULTURAS

Estamos ante un riguroso ensayo; y un ensayo literario que nos regala —como dijo el filósofo— la "poetización del saber". Su prosa tiene la fuerza del columnista recio sin perder la inspiración del poeta, argumenta con osadía pero no pierde de vista nunca la vida como referente necesario, algo que no todo el pensamiento contemporáneo tiene en cuenta cuando se dejar arrastrar por la mera especulación intelectual.

LA TIERRA DE LOS QUITEQUES es un libro infantil para todo público que intenta acercar a los niños (y a los no tanto) a la lectura y a la diversión que esta implica. Los quiteques son seres simpatiquísimos que buscan y buscan sin parar con el único afán de fabricar situaciones, crear amistades y enmendar supuestos desperfectos. Justo lo que todos deberíamos hacer. Así que, ¡volvámonos quiteques!

A thematic exploration of the work of the Colombian sculptor Luis Fernando Peláez, this book spans the artist’s career from his earliest graphic design and drawings to his unique installations and large-scale works for public areas. Full-color photographs illustrate the wide variety of languages and techniques employed by the sculptor and demonstrate the exceptional quality of his creations, which can be organized into groups joined together by the slightest thread of meaning but retain their individual significance and identity. This is an excellent introduction to a little-known but...

A new take on an eclectic and controversial director James Morrison's critical study offers a comprehensive and critically engaged treatment on Roman Polanski's immense body of work. Tracing the filmmaker's remarkably diverse career from its beginnings to 2007, the book provides commentary on all of Polanski's major films in their historical, cultural, social, and artistic contexts. Morrison locates Polanski's work within the genres of comedy and melodrama, arguing that he is not merely obsessed with the theme of repression, but that his true interest is in the concrete—what is out in the...