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Lobotomy: Surviving The Ramones
by Legs Mcneil Dee Dee Ramone Veronica KofmanLobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee Dee Ramone catapults readers into the raw world of sex, addiction, and two-minute songs. It isn't pretty. With the velocity of a Ramones song, Lobotomy rockets from nights at CBGB's to the breakup of the Ramones' happy family with an unrelenting backbeat of hate and squalor: his girlfriend ODs; drug buddy Johnny Thunders steals his ode to heroin, "Chinese Rock"; Sid Vicious shoots up using toilet water; and a pistol-wielding Phil Spector holds the band hostage in Beverly Hills. Hey! Ho! Let's go!
The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island (Americana Ser.)
by Linda GreenlawDeclared a triumph by the New York Times Book Review, Linda Greenlaw's first book, The Hungry Ocean, appeared on nearly every major bestseller list in the country. Now, taking a break from the swordfishing career that earned her a major role in The Perfect Storm, Greenlaw returns to Isle au Haut, a tiny Maine island with a population of 70 year-round residents, 30 of whom are Greenlaw's relatives. With a Clancy-esque talent for fascinating technical detail and a Keillor-esque eye for the drama of small-town life, Greenlaw offers her take on everything from rediscovering home, love, and family to island characters and the best way to cook and serve a lobster. But Greenlaw also explores the islands darker side, including a tragic boating accident and a century-old conflict with a neighboring community. Throughout, Greenlaw maintains the straight-shooting, funny, and slightly scrappy style that has won her so many fans, and proves once again that fishermen are still the best storytellers around.
The Lobster Lady
by Alexandra S.D. HinrichsThis intriguing picture-book biography tells the true story of Virginia Oliver—the Lobster Lady—who at 102 years old is the oldest person lobstering in Maine.Still hauling lobsters at over 100 years old, Virginia Oliver is admired in the state of Maine and beyond. She has been lobstering on and off for over 93 years and is fondly known as the Lobster Lady among locals. Virginia is a native of Rockland, Maine. The Lobster Lady chronicles a day in Virginia's life while illuminating all that she remembers from growing up and starting a family on the mainland in Maine and on her family&’s island, called the Neck. Readers get a sense of Virginia&’s life and an idea of all that goes into lobster harvesting.Lyrically told and beautifully illustrated, The Lobster Lady is a tribute to the incredible life of a Maine icon and female pioneer.
La Loca
by Cristina FallarásEn un diálogo perfecto entre la actualidad y el siglo XVI, Cristina Fallarás recrea con esta novela la vida de una mujer que es la historia de muchas. Cuando la historia la cuentan las mujeres, todo cambia.Con el silencio de Juana todo se comprende. «Desde que su padre la encerró y hasta su muerte, Juana la Loca, reina de Castilla, reina de Aragón, Valencia, Mallorca, Navarra, Nápoles, Sicilia, Cerdeña y condesa de Barcelona y duquesa titular consorte de Borgoña, permaneció encerrada en una sola estancia de Tordesillas. Repite conmigo: 46 años. 552 meses. 2.442 semanas. 17.094 días. 410.256 horas. Encerrada, a pesar de ser reina. Durante su encierro, Miguel Ángel pintó la Capilla Sixtina, estalló la Reforma protestante de Lutero y Maquiavelo publicó El príncipe. Memorízalo, hay datos que deben permanecer en la memoria para ser legados». La crítica ha dicho sobre El evangelio según María Magdalena:«Una escritora combativa, leal a sus ideas, valiente, en un libro atrevido y provocador.»Babelia «Un relato revelador en el que laten la sororidad y el espíritu de cambio a partir de un personaje históricamente estigmatizado.»El Periódico «Con una prosa lírica de enorme riqueza, Cristina Fallarás transita de reflexiones la historia y va más allá de los personajes míticos.»elDiario.es «Planta cara a una versión patriarcal que ha resultado devastadora para las mujeres.»Público «Con una portentosa voz lírica, el relato es de una belleza pura y tiene un gran compromiso con la fidelidad de lo que pudo ser.»La Marea «Separa la realidad del mito con una lectura actual.»La Razón «Un torrente estilístico, visceral e intelectual, que vuelve a darle labios y lengua al discurso feroz de la mujer más manipulada de la historia.»El Español «Cristina Fallarás novela la vida de María Magdalena impugnando con brillantez el relato tradicional.»Agencia EFE
La loca de la casa
by Rosa Montero"La imaginación es la loca de la casa." SANTA TERESA DE JESÚS Este libro es una novela, un ensayo, una autobiografía. La loca de la casa es la obra más personal de Rosa Montero, un recorrido por los entresijos de la fantasía, de la creación artística y de los recuerdos más secretos. Es un cofre de mago del que emergen objetos inesperados y asombrosos. La autora emprende un viaje al interior en un juego narrativo lleno de sorpresas. En él se mezclan literatura y vida en un cóctel afrodisíaco de biografías ajenas y autobiografía novelada. Y, así, descubrimos que el gran Goethe adulaba a los poderosos hasta extremos ridículos, que Tolstoi era un energúmeno, que Montero, de niña, fue una enana, y que, con veintitrés años, mantuvo un estrafalario y desternillante romance con un famoso actor. Pero no deberíamos fiarnos de todo lo que la autora cuenta sobre sí misma: los recuerdos no son siempre lo que parecen. Un libro sobre la fantasía y los sueños, sobre la locura y la pasión, sobre los miedos y las dudas de los escritores, pero también de los lectores. La loca de la casa es, sobre todo, la tórrida historia de amor y salvación que hay entre Rosa Montero y su imaginación.
La loca de la casa
by Rosa MonteroLa loca de la casa es la obra más personal de Rosa Montero, un recorrido por los entresijos de la fantasía, de la creación artística y de los recuerdos más secretos. Es un cofre de mago del que emergen objetos inesperados y asombrosos. PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS 2017 «La imaginación es la loca de la casa.»Santa Teresa de Jesús Este libro es una novela, un ensayo, una autobiografía. La autora emprende en él un viaje al interior en un juego narrativo lleno de sorpresas. En La loca de la casa se mezclan literatura y vida en un cóctel afrodisíaco de biografías ajenas y autobiografía novelada. Y, así, descubrimos que el gran Goethe adulaba a los poderosos hasta extremos ridículos, que Tolstoi era un energúmeno, que Montero, de niña, fue una enana, y que, con veintitrés años, mantuvo un estrafalario y desternillante romance con un famoso actor. Pero no deberíamos fiarnos de todo lo que la autora cuenta sobre sí misma: los recuerdos no son siempre lo que parecen. Un libro sobre la fantasía y los sueños, sobre la locura y la pasión, sobre los miedos y las dudas de los escritores, pero también de los lectores. Galardonada con el Premio Qué Leer 2004 al mejor libro del año, el Grinzane Cavour 2005 y el Roman Primeur 2006, La loca de la casa es, sobre todo, la tórrida historia de amor y salvación que hay entre Rosa Montero y su imaginación. ** Premio Leyenda 2019 concedido por la Asociación de Librerías de Madrid Reseñas:«Se lee, de principio a fin, en un puro movimiento de placer.»Mario Vargas Llosa «De todo ello resulta un texto apasionante de lo que llamamos autoficción, porque habla de un yo auténtico que, siendo, puede no ser, revivido en un artefacto ficcional compuesto de imposturas y verdades. Y es un yo sincero, inconformista, valiente, rebelde y vitalista, que construye su íntima confesión con conocimiento y sensibilidad, en un texto escrito con pasión, espontaneidad y frescura [...].»Ángel Basanta, El Cultural «Mientras uno está leyendo el último libro de Rosa Montero, La loca de la casa, y cuando lo ha terminado, el sentimiento general es el de familiaridad y camaradería. Dan ganas de abordarla y, de tú a tú, decirle: "Chica, vaya historias que me acabas de contar". Y luego atarla para que no se escape; obligarla a seguir contando, porque nos ha inoculado el virus de una curiosidad desatada.»Loca Beccaria, ABC Cultural «Sería más ciego que Homero si mi pasión no me dejara ver que Rosa Montero está atiborrada de talento, y cuando embraga párrafo no pone freno a su desbordada fantasía.»Matías Antolín «Rosa Montero en La loca de la casa pone en juego todas sus artimañas de veterana escritora de ficción y el desparpajo y la alacridad de su larga dedicación periodística.»José Luis García Martín, La Nueva España
A Local Habitation: Life and Times, Volume One 1918-40
by Richard HoggartRichard Hoggart's book, The Uses of Literary, established his reputation as a uniquely sensitive and observant chronicler of English working-class life. In this vivid first volume of autobiography he describes his origins in that milieu. Orphaned at an early age, Hoggart grew up in a working-class district of Leeds, in an intimate world of terraced back-to-backs, visits from the local Board of Guardians, clothing checks and potted-meat sandwiches. With affectionate insight he recreates the family circle - a loving grandmother, one domineering and on gentle aunt, and a bibulous, melancholy uncle - and recalls his early schooling, the friends he made and the mentors he admired. Hard-working and articulate, Hoggart did well enough at grammar school to go on to Leeds University. This volume ends as, having earned a higher degree and travelled in Nazi Germany, he prepares to leave Yorkshire, via the Army, for the world beyond. Wry, compassionate, exact, A Local Habitation is a classic recreation of working-class England between the wars.
Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps
by Ted KooserFrom the book: Ted Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humor the place he calls home in the rolling hills of southeastern Nebraska known as the Bohemian Alps. Nothing is too big or too small for his attention. Memories of his grandmother's cooking are juxtaposed with reflections about the oldfashioned outhouse on his property. In the end, what makes life meaningful for Kooser are the ways in which his neighbors care for one another and how an afternoon walking with an old dog, or baking a pie, or decorating the house for Christmas can summon memories of his Iowa childhood. This writer is a seer in the truest sense of the word, discovering the extraordinary within the ordinary, the deep beneath the shallow, the abiding wisdom in the pithy Bohemian proverbs that are woven into his essays.
Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg Farm - from Scratch
by Lucie B. AmundsenHow a Midwestern family with no agriculture experience went from a few backyard chickens to a full-fledged farm--and discovered why local chicks are better.When Lucie Amundsen had a rare night out with her husband, she never imagined what he'd tell her over dinner--that his dream was to quit his office job (with benefits!) and start a commercial-scale pasture-raised egg farm. His entire agricultural experience consisted of raising five backyard hens, none of whom had yet laid a single egg. To create this pastured poultry ranch, the couple scrambles to acquire nearly two thousand chickens--all named Lola. These hens, purchased commercially, arrive bereft of basic chicken-y instincts, such as the evening urge to roost. The newbie farmers also deal with their own shortcomings, making for a failed inspection and intense struggles to keep livestock alive (much less laying) during a brutal winter. But with a heavy dose of humor, they learn to negotiate the highly stressed no-man's-land known as Middle Agriculture. Amundsen sees firsthand how these midsized farms, situated between small-scale operations and mammoth factory farms, are vital to rebuilding America's local food system. With an unexpected passion for this dubious enterprise, Amundsen shares a messy, wry, and entirely educational story of the unforeseen payoffs (and frequent pitfalls) of one couple's ag adventure--and many, many hours spent wrangling chickens.
Locations of Buddhism: Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka
by Anne M. BlackburnModernizing and colonizing forces brought nineteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhists both challenges and opportunities. How did Buddhists deal with social and economic change; new forms of political, religious, and educational discourse; and Christianity? And how did Sri Lankan Buddhists, collaborating with other Asian Buddhists, respond to colonial rule? To answer these questions, Anne M. Blackburn focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827-1911) to examine more broadly Buddhist life under foreign rule. InLocations of Buddhism, Blackburn reveals that during Sri Lanka's crucial decades of deepening colonial control and modernization, there was a surprising stability in the central religious activities of Hikkaduve and the Buddhists among whom he worked. At the same time, they developed new institutions and forms of association, drawing on pre-colonial intellectual heritage as well as colonial-period technologies and discourse. Advocating a new way of studying the impact of colonialism on colonized societies, Blackburn is particularly attuned here to human experience, paying attention to the habits of thought and modes of affiliation that characterized individuals and smaller scale groups. Locations of Buddhismis a wholly original contribution to the study of Sri Lanka and the history of Buddhism more generally.
Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs: The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved
by Albert Jack Sandra HowgateThe world's strangest questions answered: What happened to the Mary Celeste? Where is the Mona Lisa? (clue: it's not in the Louvre) Is the Loch Ness Monster really a circus elephant? Will the real Paul McCartney please stand up? Who killed Marilyn Monroe? What was Agatha Christie's own mystery? Why does it rain frogs? Does Bigfoot exist? How did D. B Cooper get away with the perfect crime? and many, many more. With enough entertaining information to fuel hundreds of pub conversations, fascinating illustrations and all kinds of discoveries to surprise even the most expert conspiracy theorist, Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs is the perfect present for anybody who's ever wondered whyhellip;
Locked In: The Will to Survive and the Resolve to Live
by Victoria Arlen Valentin ChmerkovskiyESPN personality and Paralympics champion Victoria Arlen shares her courageous and miraculous story of recovery after falling into a mysterious vegetative state at age eleven and how she broke free, overcoming the odds and never giving up hope, eventually living a full and inspiring life.When Victoria Arlen was eleven years old, she contracted two rare diseases simultaneously and fell into a mysterious vegetative state. For two years her mind was dark, but in the third year, her mind broke free, and she was able to think clearly and to hear and feel everything—but no one knew. When she was fifteen years old, against all odds and medical predictions, she was finally able to communicate through eye blinks, and she gradually regained her ability to speak and eat and move her upper body, but she faced the devastating reality of paralysis from the waist down because of damage to her spine. However, Victoria didn’t lose her strength or steadfast determination, and two years later, she won a gold medal for swimming at the London 2012 Paralympics. In Locked In, Victoria shares her never-before-published story—the pain, the struggle, the fight to live and thrive, and most importantly, the faith that carried her through. Her journey was not easy, but by believing in God’s healing power and forgiveness, she is living proof that, despite seemingly insurmountable odds and challenges, the will to survive and resolve to live can be a force stronger than our worst deterrents. Not many people get a second chance at life like Victoria has, and she made a promise to God that she would make every moment count.
Locked In: One man's miraculous escape from the terrifying confines of Locked-in syndrome
by Richard Marsh Jeff Hudson'The noises were fuzzy in the darkness. Like hearing a domestic dispute through an apartment wall. As a cop, it was a scenario I'd experienced many times as I'd approached a stranger's front door. But this was different. This time I wasn't going anywhere. I wasn't moving at all. Couldn't move at all.'In May 2009 Napa cop Richard Marsh suffered a severe stroke that submerged him in the terrifying world of a Locked-in sufferer. Brain activity remains but sufferers have no way of communicating with the outside world. In fact, 90 percent of sufferers die within four months of onset. Locked In follows Richard's extraordinary race against time. First, to prove his existence to the medical team and then to beat the odds of surviving Locked-in syndrome. Written with the intensity of a thriller, we witness astonishing moments in his journey, such as Richard finally hearing a neurosurgeon say, 'I think there's someone in here'. Now fully recovered, Richard's story is one of triumph that will captivate and inspire.
Locked In Locked Out: Surviving a Brainstem Stroke
by Shawn JenningsCan there be life after a brainstem stroke? After Dr. Shawn Jennings, a busy family physician, suffered a brainstem stroke on May 13, 1999, he woke from a coma locked inside his body, aware and alert but unable to communicate or move. Once he regained limited movement in his left arm, he began typing his story, using one hand and a lot of patience. With unexpected humour and tender honesty, Shawn shares his experiences in his struggle for recovery and acceptance of his life after the stroke. He affirms that even without achieving a full recovery life is still worth it.
Locked in the Cabinet
by Robert B. ReichLocked in the Cabinet is a close-up view of the way things work, and often don't work, at the highest levels of government--and a uniquely personal account by the man whose ideas inspired and animated much of the Clinton campaign of 1992 and who became the cabinet officer in charge of helping ordinary Americans get better jobs. Robert B. Reich, writer, teacher, social critic--and a friend of the Clintons since they were all in their twenties--came to be known as the "conscience of the Clinton administration and one of the most successful Labor Secretaries in history. Here is his sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant chronicle of trying to put ideas and ideals into practice. With wit, passion, and dead-aim honesty, Reich writes of those in Washington who possess hard heads and soft hearts, and those with exactly the opposite attributes. He introduces us to the career bureaucrats who make Washington run and the politicians who, on occasion, make it stop; to business tycoons and labor leaders who clash by day and party together by night; to a president who wants to change America and his opponents (on both the left and the right) who want to keep it as it is or return it to where it used to be. Reich guides us to the pinnacles of power and pretension, as bills are passed or stalled, reputations built or destroyed, secrets leaked, numbers fudged, egos bruised, news stories spun, hypocrisies exposed, and good intentions occasionally derailed. And to the places across America where those who are the objects of this drama are simply trying to get by--assembly lines, sweatshops, union halls, the main streets of small towns and the tough streets of central cities. Locked in the Cabinetis an intimate odyssey involving a memorable cast--a friend who is elected President of the United States, only to discover the limits of power; Alan Greenspan, who is the most powerful man in America; and Newt Gingrich, who tries to be. Plus a host of others: White House staffers and cabinet members who can't find "the loop ; political consultant Dick Morris, who becomes "the loop ; baseball players and owners who can't agree on how to divide up $2 billion a year; a union leader who accuses Reich of not knowing what a screwdriver looks like; a heretofore invisible civil servant deep in the Labor Department whose brainchild becomes the law of the land; and a wondrous collection of senators, foreign ministers, cabinet officers, and television celebrities. And it is also an odyssey for Reich's wife and two young sons, who learn to tolerate their own cabinet member but not to abide Washington. Here is Reich--determined to work for a more just society, laboring in a capital obsessed with exorcising the deficit and keeping Wall Street happy--learning that Washington is not only altogether different from the world of ordinary citizens but ultimately, and more importantly, exactly like it: a world in which Murphy's Law reigns alongside the powerful and the privileged, but where hope amazingly persists. There are triumphs here to fill a lifetime, and frustrations to fill two more. Never has this world been revealed with such richness of evidence, humor, and warmhearted candor.
The Locked Ward: A humane and revealing account of life on the frontlines of mental health care.
by Dennis O'DonnellAn extraordinary account of life behind the locked doors of a secure psychiatric ward from a nurse who worked there for seven years. Dennis O'Donnell started work as an orderly in the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit of a large hospital in Scotland in 2000. In his daily life he encountered fear, violence and despair but also a considerable amount of care and compassion. Recounting the stories of the patients he worked with, and those of his colleagues on the ward, here he examines major mental health conditions, methods of treatment - medication, how religion, sex, wealth, health and drugs can bear influence on mental health, the prevailing attitudes to psychiatric illness, the authorities, the professionals & society. What emerges is a document of humanity and humour, a remarkable memoir that sheds light on a world that still remains largely unknown. 'This is a superb study of people whose minds have gone wrong, and the art of caring for them' Evening Standard
Locks, Bolts and Bars: A Life Inside
by John Massey Dan CarrierJohn Massey’s story is unique. Part of a notorious duo that the Flying Squad dubbed ‘Laurel and Hardy’, his criminal activities included hijacking a police car after robbing a bank of £25,000 and relieving the Sunday Mirror of £50,000 – and all before he was arrested for murder, aged 27.But that was just the beginning. Given a life sentence, with a minimum term of twenty years, Massey would find himself incarcerated for forty-three years, give or take a prison break, in almost every prison in the country. In Locks, Bolts and Bars, one of Britain’s longest-serving prisoners reflects on a life spent on the ‘inside’, from corrupt guards to notorious criminals, and the real value of freedom.
Loco por Madonna. La Reina del Pop
by Francesco Falconi Francisco Rodríguez del Río#Rebel2016 Edition - actualización de abril de 2016: ¡Loco por Madonna se convierte en un ePub en vivo! La biografía de Madonna será actualizada una vez al año. En treinta años de carrera, entre giras mundiales, sencillos exitosos, películas y libros, Madonna no ha pasado jamás inobservada. Desde el lejano 1982, ha capturado la atención de miles de muchachitas que imitaban su imagen provocadora, entonaban sus canciones y la transformaban poco a poco en icono del feminismo y de la libertad sexual y de expresión. Madonna, contra todo pronóstico, ha atravesado las décadas viviendo en total simbiosis con nuestra sociedad, cabalgando modas mediáticas, a menudo dictándolas ella misma. Así, mientras las estrellas de los años 80 se eclipsaban, la estrella de "Like a Virgen" se establecía continuamente en lo más alto de las listas de todo el mundo. Una artista con tantas facetas, un icono camaleónico por excelencia, que se ha reinventado a sí misma como cantante, actriz, bailarina, directora, hábil empresaria, abeja reina de la música pop y astuta provocadora; pero también como madre y como mujer de gran compromiso humanitario y social (fundadora de la Raising Malawi Foundation). En Locos por Madonna, se recorre toda su larga carrera, desde sus comienzos hasta nuestros días, en un juego continuo de luces y sombras. La carrera que la ha coronado como reina indiscutible del pop mundial (con más de 200 millones de discos vendidos). Una biografía completa y apasionante con un apéndice dedicado al MadonnaTribe, uno de los puntos de referencia más importantes del fandom italiano y europeo.
Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution
by Tom Crouch Simine ShortFrench-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously "unbridgeable" Missouri River, and was a passionate aviation pioneer whose collaborative approach to aeronautical engineering problems helped the Wright brothers take flight. Drawing on a rich trove of archival material and exclusive family sources, Locomotive to Aeromotive is the first detailed examination of Chanute's life and his immeasurable contributions to the fields of engineering and transportation, from the ground transportation revolution of the mid-nineteenth century to the early days of aviation. Aviation researcher and historian Simine Short brings to light in colorful detail many previously overlooked facets of Chanute's life, in both his professional accomplishments and his personal relationships. Through the reflections of other engineers, scientists and pioneers in various fields who knew him, Short characterizes Chanute as a man who believed in fostering and supporting people who were willing to learn. This well-researched biography cements Chanute's place as a preeminent engineer, pioneer, and mentor in the history of transportation in the United States and the development of the airplane.
Locos adorables: Personajes geniales que hicieron historia
by Daniel Samper PizanoEl nuevo libro del periodista Daniel Samper nos descubre las extravagantes, originales y divertidas historias de vida de 10 personajes tan excéntricos como memorables No conoces a Ada Byron ni su gran hazaña en el mundo de la informática, pero quizá sí a su padre, Lord Byron. Tampoco sabes quién es el cocinero François Vatel, pero habrás oído hablar de los suntuosos banquetes que daba Luis XIV en su corte. Y por supuesto no te sonará el nombre de Annie Oakley, pero sí el de sus coetáneos Toro sentado y Buffalo Bill. Y es que detrás de cada gran hombre o mujer hay, sin duda, un loco adorable con una increíble vida que deberías conocer. Y Daniel Samper ha descubierto en este libro diez de las más fascinantes: François Vatel, Aimé Bonpland, Ada Byron, Temístocle Solera, Ezequiel Uricoechea, Annie Oakley, Graciela Olmos, Sidney Franklin, Hedy Lamarr y Mané Garrincha son los excéntricos e interesantísimos protagonistas de las historias injustamente desconocidas que componen estas páginas y que te enamorarán.
La locura es un bien de familia
by Bárbara BellocCon enorme amor y un humor infinito, la autora lleva un diario desde el día en que interna a su madre diagnosticada con alzhéimer. En la aparente incoherencia de sus relatos toma vida un singular pasado familiar y se despliega la particular sagacidad de sus observaciones y comentarios. «Cómo escribir aquello que se quiere y, al mismo tiempo, no querríamos escribir. Locura ocurre. Se deja ocurrir mientras cuenta otras sombras y otras luces. Del amor».Federico Jeanmaire «En la lengua entera, bajo el espejismo de la razón, este libro es un bien de familia, algo que es inalienable y que se transmite de generación en generación. Por ejemplo, de los padres a la hija, en este relato-talismán, escueto y perfecto, en que dos apasionados de la música se despiden lentamente de la vida. Los diagnósticos son ignorantes porque desconocen la poesía, son ajenos a las melodías de los solos, no captan los timbres y los colores de una voz. El sentido en ellos, tal cual lo conocemos, es fruto de una especie de hipoacusia profunda, porque las lenguas rotas hablan en metáforas, no pierden la memoria, son toda-memoria, hasta de lo que no pasó. Por eso la hija, que es poeta, puede entender la locura y darse cuenta de que "la realidad está sobrevalorada"».María Moreno La crítica dijo: «Bárbara Belloc se planta en un territorio muy personal y da pruebas de múltiples recursos para extraer el latido sepultado en el fondo del océano de la lengua».Augusto Munaro, La Capital «Bárbara Belloc es una de las escritoras más relevantes de su generación en la Argentina. Su obra pone de manifiesto una voz única e insustituible, capaz de someter el lenguaje a una expresividad lírica donde la norma cultural es sometida continuamente a revisión».Raúl Alonso «La poesía de Belloc es plural y, como ella misma, es plurilingüe y algo más: el lenguaje está poblado de innumerables entradas y salidas donde puede hallar símbolos, referencias, prismáticos sentidos, músicas, trazos, despojos, dioses. En ese laberinto de emblemas su escritura tiembla y se multiplica en imágenes inesperadas en las cuales late una cierta extrañeza. Y a veces, cuando se hace un silencio en esa pluralidad, la poesía de Bárbara Belloc se vuelve absorta».Jorge Monteleone «Bárbara Belloc escribió un libro que altera las nociones comunes de la llamada autoficción o literatura del yo. Otro tanto sucede con la novela familiar o novela a secas. Pero ¿qué hace falta para contar una vida? ¿Cuáles circunstancias, pertinentes, necesarias, para trazar la silueta que devuelva una imagen tangible o que no la traicione? ¿Cómo hacerlo bajo la asechanza del desvanecimiento de la razón de una madre y un padre? La autora se las arregla porque sabe por oficio que cualquier artificio se disuelve en la verdad de la lengua.»Sandro Barrella, Revista Ñ «Ni crónica ni diario, ni novela ni libro de poemas, La locura es un bien de familia es un poco de todo eso. Atravesarlo tiene algo de dejarse llevar por un arroyo amable aunque de cauce imprevisto. Hay humor, dolor, ternura, inteligencia; fragmentos de sueños, reconstrucción de recuerdos, citas, poemas escritos a conciencia y no tanto.»Diana Fernández Irusta, La Nación «Belloc recorre las sombras (los días difíciles) y las luces (ocurrencias, asociaciones y anécdotas) y teje una suerte de poética de la locura que, con cierta actitud lúdica, logra quitarle dramatismo para, simplemente, contar.»Ana Clara Pérez Cotten, Télam «En La locura es un bien de familia los episodios espiralados y arborescentes no siguen un orden causal. Proliferan en fuga. Así, se genera una gramática dislocada (dislocante) sobre la voz, sobre lo vocal, a veces
The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story
by Hanan Al-ShaykhNew York, 2001 As Hanan al-Shaykh travels through the streets of Manhattan to her daughter's wedding her mind is elsewhere. Remembering own secret ceremony some thirty years ago, her thoughts turn to her mother, Kamila, who was sacrificed into marriage: her absent mother who, in recent, reconciled years, has pleaded with Hanan, her daughter the writer, to tell this story. Lebanon, 1934. Kamila is nine years old when she is taken from the poverty of her childhood village in southern Lebanon to Beirut. Though she has never learned to read or write, stories, poetry and films are her passion, and she longs to go to school. Instead, she is to lead a life of domestic servitude-and worse, she has been secretly betrothed to her brother-in-law, Abu-Hussein, a man eighteen years her senior. A welcome escape from the strict household, Kamila is apprenticed to Fatme the seamstress. One day Kamila catches sight of a beautiful young man, Muhammad, sitting by a fountain. At the age of thirteen, for what will be the first and only time in her life, Kamila falls deeply in love. The following year, to her fury and anguish, Kamila is married to Abu-Hussein. That night, he forces himself upon his child-bride and a daughter is conceived: four years later, Kamila's second daughter, Hanan, is born. In secret, but risking everything, Kamila continues to see Muhammad. But in choosing to follow her heart, she must also, agonisingly, leave behind her beloved daughters. . . ; Beautifully evoking the fabric of life in Lebanon, The Locust and the Bird is a remarkable and intensely moving memoir. Told in a voice that is entirely distinctive and authentic, this unique portrait of the life of one woman gives us an astonishing insight into the lives of many others in the Arab world.
The Lodger Shakespeare
by Charles NichollIn 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare's life. Marshalling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as Othello, Measure for Measure and King Lear.
The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly: Portraits and Sketches, 1942-2011
by Edith SchlossA bristling and brilliant memoir of the mid-twentieth-century New York School of painters and their times by the renowned artist and critic Edith Schloss, who, from the early years, was a member of the group that shifted the center of the art world from Paris to New YorkThe Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly is a firsthand account by an artist at the center of a landmark era in American art. Edith Schloss writes about the artists, poets, and musicians who were part of the postwar art movements in America and about her life as an artist in America and later in Italy, where she continued to paint and write until her death in 2011.Schloss was born in Germany and moved to New York City during World War II. She became part of a thriving community of artists and intellectuals, from Elaine and Willem de Kooning and Larry Rivers to John Cage and Frank O’Hara. She married the photographer and filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt. She was both a working artist and an incisive art critic, and was a candid and gimlet-eyed observer of the close-knit community that was redefining American art. In later life she lived in Italy and spent time with artists such as Giorgio Morandi, Cy Twombly, Meret Oppenheim, and Francesca Woodman.In The Loft Generation, Schloss creates a rare and irreplaceable up-close record of an era of artistic innovation and the colorful characters who made it happen. There is no other book like it. Her firsthand information is indispensable reading for all critics and researchers of that vital period in American art.
Log Cabin Years: How One Couple Built a Home From Scratch and Created a Life
by Cindy Ross"Cindy Ross is one of today's most eloquent and thoughtful writers on the connection between humans and the natural world."—Richard Louv, New York Times bestselling authorThe Log Cabin Years is the inspiring story of how award-winning author Cindy Ross and her husband, artist Todd Gladfelter—a young couple totally inexperienced in construction—built a log home using raw trees and without the use of power, how they recycled and used salvage to supplement their materials, and how the home went on to become a living, breathing part of their lives together. With a perfect mix of memoir and practical information, The Log Cabin Years explores the ways the couple not only developed their building skills but defined the values and virtues by which they would continue to live—self-confidence, freedom, and independence. As the cabin walls grew, so, too, did Cindy and Todd—as individuals and as partners. Building a home forced the couple to learn to argue constructively, communicate openly, and work within the parameters of each person&’s unique personality. The Log Cabin Years is a great example of how two people can learn to work together through difficult times, both mental and physical. For their efforts, they were able to build, and then live in, a beautiful home—debt free. From hosting Appalachian Trail hikers to offering a sanctuary for recovering veterans, from providing a place to homeschool and teach their children to launching Todd&’s very successful career as a chainsaw carving artist, the cabin has given back, fostering creativity, learning, and healing. Building your own home has long been an American dream. The desire and need to live more sustainably has seeped into all aspects of our lives. The Log Cabin Years will speak to all people who wish to live a more sustainable life, empower themselves, build relationships, learn skills, and perhaps create a hand-built home of their own.