La Sombra Siempre Es Negra

El regalo de una agenda roja, a finales de diciembre, alienta a José Luis Torres a buscar un tema para comenzar el 2020 con una nueva historia y, de paso, recuperar el hábito de la escritura. En su búsqueda, se encuentra con una nota periodística en la que se informa que los habitantes de una ciudad muy lejana acuden a los hospitales con dificultad para respirar. Con esta anécdota y aprovechando el formato de la agenda, día tras día, va construyendo un relato, mezcla de diario, crónica o memoria, sin imaginar que muy pronto se convertiría en la historia personal de una pandemia que...

The intimate and long-awaited autobiography of a legend. In 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of Love, a young Mexican guitarist took the stage at the Fillmore Auditorium and played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years later -- after he played a historic set at Woodstock -- the world came to know the name Carlos Santana, his sensual and instantly recognizable guitar sound, and the legendary band that blended electric blues, psychedelic rock, Latin rhythms, and modern jazz, and that still bears his name. Carlos Santana's...

Lola Montez was the 19th century's original 'celebrity', known throughout Europe and the United States for her theatrical performances and scandalous personal life. In this intriguing work, Montez herself recounts her life in her own words. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright ...

Juanita Reina no era solo una tonadillera, sino una verdadera actriz dramática. Su voz, su ademán y sus dotes expresivas hicieron que la copla, la tonadilla, cobraran un lucimiento total.