Soy lo que soy

Este libro es la reconstruccion amorosa, paciente y detallada de un pesonaje. a traves de este, es tambien el recuerdo de la barbarie de una epoca, de una ciudad, de unos rituales familiars, ademas de la evocacion melancolica de la ninez y la iniciacion en el mundo del propio narrador. Esta lleno de sonrisas y de amargura, canta el placer de vivir pero tambien muestra el rictus de tristeza y rabiaque provoca el vil asesinato de este hermoso personaje, que no es otro que el padre del autor.

Daring, flashy, innovative, volatile--no matter what they call him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of soccer's brightest stars. A top-scoring striker and captain of the Swedish national team, he has dominated the world's most storied teams, including Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, and Paris Saint-Germain. But his life wasn't always so charmed. Born to Balkan immigrants who divorced when he was a toddler, Zlatan learned self-reliance from his rough-and-tumble neighborhood. While his father, a Bosnian Muslim, drank to forget the war back home, his mother's household was engulfed...

El protagonista y escritor de la parte esencial de “Una Nueva Vida” es Gerardo, un joven de 18 años que padecía Leucemia. Relata las memorias de su enfermedad de una manera tan vívida, que te transporta al mismo lugar donde suceden. Tal vez te haga llorar, pero seguramente te hará sonreír y hasta reírte de su “chispa”. “Pues aquí estoy, escribiendo un diario que no sé si alguien llegue a leerlo algún día... 2 de sep. 1989 1:40 am Llevo cuatro semanas enfermo y realmente no sé las que me falten, pero hay que seguir luchando para salir de esto lo más pronto posible......

I was born into the family of William Julius and Emilie (Baudat) Gayle on August 30, 1919 They decided to name me Luella Celestine for my two grandmothers...Luella Love (Sanders) Gayle and Celestine (Pichon) Baudat. I did not like the name and was very happy that they decided to call me “Celeste.” At the time of my birth, my brother Milton was almost two, having been born September 2, 1917. Unfortunately, he died with Diphtheria on December 11, 1921, when I was only two. Mom and Dad had previously lost a son, Dalton, who died April 13, 1915 at the age of 16 months. He was born December 8, ...