The illustrator who redraws the history of New York: “In Spain there is a devastating culture of failure”

The illustrator who redraws the history of New York: “In Spain there is a devastating culture of failure”

Madrid Updated Wednesday 4 January 2023 – 08:58 The artist Patricia Bolaos brings together in one volume historical figures of New York culture, reflections of her own experience Illustrator Patricia Bolaos, at Caf Comercial.ALBERT OF LOLLI And suddenly the precipice. Six years ago Patricia Bolaos (Madrid, 1985) stood before one, like a lost adventurer, and … Read more

125 years of music that fit in a book

125 years of music that fit in a book

The Cullera Musical Athenaeum Society has condensed into a book “125 years making music”. The volume includes an appendix to the centennial book that tells the story of the entity over the past 25 years. The president of the Society, Armand Calatayud; Ferran Sanz, official chronicler of the entity and author of the book; and … Read more

‘Childhood and books’, a gateway to the world of first letters on the Cont.ar platform

‘Childhood and books’, a gateway to the world of first letters on the Cont.ar platform

The interview with Adela Basch. What place does children’s literature occupy in Argentina and what kind of society does it speak of, in the case of a literature which, because it is called for children, is still for adults, or what is that publishing market like in a present of audiovisual omnipresence? which opens the … Read more

Feminist revolt from the classrooms of the University of Oviedo to put women in the history books

Feminist revolt from the classrooms of the University of Oviedo to put women in the history books

Ana María Lobeto, who teaches history at the Juan José Calvo Miguel de Sotrondio Institute, tells us that, in the subject curriculum, in her second year of high school, only a brief mention is made of Isabella I of Castile. The Catholic queen only appears in passing and of the rest of the women, in … Read more

The fire left more than 4,000 books on the history of Ica in ashes | EDITION

The fire left more than 4,000 books on the history of Ica in ashes |  EDITION

A raging fire raged through a house museum in Ica, where they collected thousands of books, documents, photos and more about the history of Ica, affecting the knowledge of the culture of Ica and leaving extensive material damage. heavy losses The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning in the neighborhood of Los … Read more

“Petrovi with the flu” is an excellent novel for reading pleasure

“Petrovi with the flu” is an excellent novel for reading pleasure

There are books where every word, every phrase causes an immediate reaction from the reader: smile, surprise, joy, sadness or even anger. Interact, in a word. Complaints and appeals. Such is also the great novel “Petrovi ar gripu” by Alexei Salnikov, the action of which takes place on several imperceptibly interconnected planes: reality, fever, nightmares, … Read more

‘Cartas Vivas’ is growing, the project that recovers the voice of twentieth-century writers

‘Cartas Vivas’ is growing, the project that recovers the voice of twentieth-century writers

“This is the time of hype and bombs. Of automatism versus intelligence, of standardization versus differentiation, of advertising values, of serial thinking, of quantity versus quality. And half of humanity continues to devote itself to the exploitation of the other half. Everything is dehumanized. We live surrounded by countless madmen set up as heroes.” Anyone … Read more