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Amor, delirio y redención

"El viaje termina cuando los amantes se encuentran".- Verso cantado por un payaso de la obra Doceava Noche de William Shakespeare,Acto II, Escena III En este libro Roberto Palacio busca, a partir de narraciones que combinan eventos de su vida, la historia universal y la reflexión aguda sobre el tema, responderse preguntas como ¿Por qué el amor es tan difícil? ¿Por qué las relaciones íntimas tienen tantos altibajos y cada vez se hace más complejo llegar al anhelado hasta que la muerte los separe? Ese es el tema de este libro; amores torpes, iracundos, tiránicos, bañados en el dinero, rotos por la vida misma o la falta de pericia de los amantes.Lejos de ser un ensayo, Amor, delirio y redención es un relato de historias de la vida real que invitan a repensar las relaciones amorosas tal y como las conocemos e incluso a perder las esperanzas no tanto en el amor, como en las versiones románticas que nos hacemos de él, responsables de que hoy sintamos nuestras vidas marcados no por un gran amor, sino por una gran propensión a fracasar en las lides del querer."En este libro Palacio se quita el cinturón de seguridad y se asoma corajudo a esa estupidez necesaria, incluso deseable, que conocemos como amor romántico, una dolencia comparada por Ambrose Bierce con la peor de las caries".-Andrés Felipe Solano

Copyright: 2016

ISBN: 9789588912714

Features: Contains images

El amor, el amor, el amor

by Carolina Aguirre

Este libro funciona como el diario de una escritora cuya obsesión es que la primera escena dialogue con la última; que vive pendiente de la eficacia del texto a cualquier precio; que cree que, en el fondo, todas las historias son de amor, y que no duda en hacer públicas sus miserias o intimidades si eso vuelve su texto más verdadero para el lector. Durante dos años, domingo por medio, Carolina Aguirre escribió una serie de columnas en la revista del diario La Nación acerca de su trabajo como guionista de TV. En ellas confesó los secretos, las técnicas y los trucos que usan los autores para construir el amor en la ficción, y al revelar esos secretos no tuvo más remedio que contar también todos los episodios de su vida amorosa, desde su infancia hasta el día de hoy. Este volumen recopila esos relatos y, junto con otros inéditos, funciona un poco como el diario de una escritora cuya obsesión es que la primera escena dialogue con la última; que vive pendiente de la eficacia del texto a cualquier precio; que cree que, en el fondo, todas las historias son de amor, y que no duda en hacer públicas sus miserias o intimidades si eso vuelve su texto más verdadero para el lector. Desde aquella maestra que a los ocho años la hizo llorar porque no le creyó que ese cuento era suyo hasta el testimonio de su última y desgarradora columna en el diario, Carolina Aguirre fue premiada y traducida en todo el mundo. Quizás sin proponérselo este libro sea una larga y desbordante clase de escritura, pero también una declaración de principios sobre su oficio.

Copyright: 2017

ISBN: 9789500760256

Features: Contains images

Amor Peligroso: Escribiendo un Suspenso Romántico

by Rachelle Ayala

¿Estás interesado en escribir un suspenso romántico emocionante, pero no estás seguro de cómo empezar? ¿Te encanta leer novelas románticas de suspenso y te preguntas cómo se componen? El suspenso romántico es uno de los subgéneros más populares del romance y atrae a lectores tanto hombres como mujeres. Sin embargo, no es fácil combinar una relación romántica fuerte y convincente con la intriga y el suspenso de un thriller bien elaborado. En este libro, aprenderás: Los elementos esperados de un romance. Los elementos esperados en suspenso. Los diferentes tipos de héroes y heroínas y cómo evitar la situación de Muy Estúpido para Vivir. Cómo diseñar un villano digno. Los ocho tipos básicos de tramas de suspenso romántico. Cómo combinar elementos de una historia romántica y de suspenso de manera orgánica Cuándo y dónde coreografiar escenas románticas y sexys entre el ritmo vertiginoso de la acción y el peligro. ¿Cómo iniciar un suspenso romántico, con el lindo encuentro o el crimen? Cómo estructurar y desarrollar cada uno de los ocho tipos de tramas de suspenso romántico. •El Protector •La Investigación •La Persecución •La Misión •El Secreto •El Inframundo •El Cazado •El Perturbado Cómo planear y escribir una serie de suspenso romántico. Dificultades y No-Nos, o al menos piénsalo dos veces. Lectura recomendada para cada tipo de trama. Llevo escribiendo más de diez años y actualmente he escrito y publicado más de sesenta romances y novelas de suspenso romántico. Aprendí todo lo que pude sobre la estructura de la historia, la escritura de romances y la lectura de suspenso y misterio; sin embargo, fue difícil encontrar libros o cursos sobre escritura de suspenso romántico. Po

Copyright: 2021

ISBN: 9781071589250

Features: Contains images

The Amorous Heart: An Unconventional History of Love

by Marilyn Yalom

An eminent scholar unearths the captivating history of the two-lobed heart symbol from scripture and tapestry to T-shirts and text messages, shedding light on how we have expressed love since antiquityThe symmetrical, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy, pendants, the frothy milk on top of a cappuccino, and much else. How can we explain the ubiquity of what might be the most recognizable symbol in the world?In The Amorous Heart, Marilyn Yalom tracks the heart metaphor and heart iconography across two thousand years, through Christian theology, pagan love poetry, medieval painting, Shakespearean drama, Enlightenment science, and into the present. She argues that the symbol reveals a tension between love as romantic and sexual on the one hand, and as religious and spiritual on the other. Ultimately, the heart symbol is a guide to the astonishing variety of human affections, from the erotic to the chaste and from the unrequited to the conjugal.

Copyright: 2018

ISBN: 9780465094714

Features: Contains images

Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond (SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture)

by Ranen Omer-Sherman

The veteran contributors to this volume take as their central drama, and their essential task for analysis, the enduring literary and political legacy of Israel Prize laureate Amos Oz (1939–2019). Born a decade prior to the establishment of the state of Israel, in what was then Palestine under British rule, Oz's life spanned the country's entire history, and both his fiction and nonfiction restlessly probe and illuminate its fraught conflicts, contradictions, and ambivalences. Throughout his career, Oz grappled frankly with the often-painful realities of Israeli life while also celebrating the ebullience of the Israeli spirit, and his sophisticated understanding of the sociopolitical turmoil of his society was always accompanied by intensely lyrical language and deep penetrations into the vulnerabilities of the human psyche. The volume's twenty contributors bring an exciting diversity of concerns and perspectives to Oz's most celebrated novels (including his powerfully resonant final novel, Judas) as well as to overlooked facets of his oeuvre, illuminating the breathtaking scope of his literary legacy. Together, they offer gripping analyses of his urgent and profoundly universal works about political and romantic dreamers whose heartfelt struggles with both their own human frailties and those of the state ultimately resonate far beyond Israel itself.

Copyright: 2023

ISBN: 9781438492506

Features: Contains images

Amos Walker: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)

by Loren D. Estleman

The four-time Shamus Award–winning author takes his readers behind-the-scenes of his long running detective series. In 1980, readers first encountered hard-boiled private detective Amos Walker as he searches for an ex-mobster&’s missing daughter in Motor City Blue. Many mysteries and decades later, the investigator is still scuffling with bad guys on the streets of Detroit. But when and where did award-winning author Loren D. Estleman conceive the idea of Walker and his adventures? In this essay, Estleman tells the story of how Walker and his world transpired. From the 1975 film that inspired the character to Walker&’s weapons and cars, Estleman offers fans a look into his process of fleshing out Walker as a complex character with friends and enemies. Learn how television influenced him as a writer and how he chose Walker&’s name, hometown, and background. Fans looking to get to know their favorite tough-guy detective better won&’t want to miss this . . . Praise for Loren D. Estleman and the Amos Walker series &“A touchstone for fans of hard-boiled crime fiction: irrepressible tough-guy dialogue, great plotting, a vibrant Detroit milieu, and a hero who has whiskey on his breath and nicotine stains on his fingers.&” —Booklist &“For readers who can&’t get enough of Elmore Leonard and Ross Thomas, try Estleman. He&’s that good.&” —People &“Estleman&’s latest intricate and wholly enjoyable yarn is peppered with mob lore, Detroit history, and the ever-present one-liners. It&’s sure to please fans of urban mysteries as well as classic detective genre devotees. Strongly recommended.&” ―Library Journal &“Amos Walker, the throwback private eye who operates out of Detroit in Loren D. Estleman&’s hard-boiled mysteries, is a lot like the old Cutlass he drives. The guy may look beat up, but under the hood he's a clean machine.&” ―The New York Times Book Review

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 9781504074599

Features: Contains images

Amphion: Lyre, Poetry, and Politics in Modernity (Thinking Literature)

by Leah Middlebrook

A reintroduction to the myth of Amphion, recovering an overlooked sphere of lyric tradition. Amphion is the figure in Greek mythology who played so skillfully on a lyre that stones moved of their own accord to build walls for Thebes. While Amphion still presides over music and architecture, he was once fundamental to the concept of lyric poetry. Amphion figured the human power to inspire action, creating and undoing polities by means of language. In contrast to the individual inspiration we associate with the better-known Orpheus, Amphion represents the relentless, often violent, play of harmony and disorder in human social life. In this wide-ranging study, Leah Middlebrook introduces readers to Amphion-inspired poetics and lyrics and traces the tradition of the Amphionic from the Renaissance through modernist and postmodern poetry and translation from the Hispanic, Anglophone, French, Italian, and ancient Roman worlds. Amphion makes a significant contribution to scholarship on the connection between poetry and politics and the history of the lyric, offering an account well-suited to our times.

Copyright: 2024

ISBN: 9780226835525

Features: Contains images

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