Stephen King: the success of constancy
Stephen King represents is one of the fortresses of the world of literature. However, his promotion was not easy. Come and learn more about his life and work.
Stephen King represents is one of the fortresses of the world of literature. However, his promotion was not easy. Come and learn more about his life and work.
Joan Margarit has been the winner of the 2019 Cervantes Prize. These are some poems by this fundamental Catalan author of contemporary Spanish literature.
On a day like today, in Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson, master of the adventure novel, was born. I remember him with 3 poems chosen from his work as a poet.
The Mexican nun and poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was born on a day like today in 1648. I review her figure and work and highlight 4 of her poems.
This literary work is the closest and crude reflection of the sensitive conflict that convulsed the Basque people. Come and learn more about the work and its author.
This is my very personal review of Cuchillo, the latest novel by Jo Nesbø, the twelfth installment in the series by curator Harry Hole.
Luis Cernuda died on November 5, 1963 in Mexico City. Today I remember him reviewing his figure and his work and highlighting 4 of his poems.
Virginia Woolf's books are avant-garde works of great literary weight that marked an era. Come and learn more about its author and its content.
The Tempest is a drama of forgiveness and redemption with very well-crafted characters woven together. Come and learn more about its plot and its author.
The works of William Shakespeare represent a literary treasure for humanity, come and learn more about his works and his life.
Jo Nesbø has visited Madrid for Getafe Negro and I have been with him. This is my most personal chronicle and impressions of Harry Hole's father.
Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet, icon of postmodernism, died on a day like today in 1938. I remember 3 of her poems in her memory.
The Lord of the Rings is one of the most important literary works of fantasy in history. Come and learn about the history of Middle Earth and its creator.
It is 27 years since the death of the poet Luis Rosales, the main name of the Generation of '36. In his memory I remember 4 of his poems.
Interview with Mercedes Santos, the riverside writer who presents her new novel: Sitiados. He tells us about her and many other things about her career.
The Silmarillion came to explain the cosmogony of The Lord of the Rings; it is a magnificent and intricate book. Come and learn more about the work and its author.
Las flores del mal is a perfect example of French decadence, a masterpiece worthy of enjoying and analyzing. Come and learn more about her and her author.
Last night the Planeta Prize 2019 was awarded, which was won by the writer Javier Cercas, for Terra Alta. The finalist was Manuel Vilas, for Alegría.
On a day like today Enrique Jardiel Poncela was born. I remember his lesser known side as a poet with these 4 chosen poems.
On this day Félix de Samaniego was born, one of the great names of letters of the Age of Enlightenment. I remember some of his fables.
It is a new anniversary of the death of Australian writer Morris West. I highlight some of his most famous works.
On the 170th anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe I remember 3 of his poems that are my favorites: Annabel Lee, A Dream and You want them to love you.
October 4, feast of Saint Francis, also patron saint of animals. I remember him with fragments of his work and 4 other writers named the same.
The shadow of the cypress is elongated, in the pen of Miguel Delibes, it shows us a story of struggle and overcoming. Come and learn more about the work and the author.
Irene Villa is a survivor of terrorism, the clear sign that, no matter what, you can move on. Come and learn more about his work and his life.
Elizabeth Gaskell was born on September 29, 1810 in London. Review 5 of his best known works such as La casa del páramo or Norte y sur.
Rubén Darío was an important Nicaraguan poet considered the father of literary modernism in Latin America. Come and learn more about his life and work.
New anniversary of the birth of TS Eliot, a poet who won the Nobel Prize in 1948. I remember his work with 4 of his shorter poems.
Third article dedicated to medieval literature with a review of the classic Spanish ballads and its best known and most famous texts.
Animal Graveyard is a horror novel written by Stephen King that tells the story of a cursed land. Come and learn more about the work and its author.
The Little Mermaid is one of Hans Christian Andersen's tales, which tells the love story of a mermaid and a human. Come and learn more about the author and his work.
Last Friday I was in an exclusive meeting with James Ellroy, the great American writer of historical crime fiction. This is the chronicle.
Emilia Pardo Bazán was a XNUMXth century Spanish writer considered the main feminist of her time. Come and learn more about his life and work.
It is a new anniversary of the death of the great classical Latin poet, Publio Virgilio Marón. I choose these 25 phrases from his works to remember him.
Vampire Chronicles is a famous literary saga that shows an alternate reality where vampires exist. Come and learn more about the work and its author.
In this second article dedicated to medieval Spanish literature I remember the Archpriest of Hita and fragments of his Book of Good Love.
Divergent is a work by Verónica Roth that shows us a future where society is divided according to gifts. Come and learn more about this novel and its author.
Dante Aligheri, the most famous Italian poet of all time, died on a day like today in 1321. I remember him with 5 of his sonnets.
Carmen Conde is one of the most recognized poets in Spain, she was the first woman to occupy a seat in the RAE. Come and learn more about his life and work.
First article dedicated to medieval literature, where the Mozarabic jarchas and the cantigas de amigo are the protagonists.
The Baztán Trilogy is a saga by Dolores Redondo that narrates strange crimes that Amaia Salazar must solve. Come and learn more about the work and its author.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was written by JK Rowling and belongs to the Harry Potter universe. Come and learn more about the work and its author.
Juan Rulfo was a talented Mexican writer and photographer with a fruitful career marked by a life with difficult beginnings. Come and know more about him.
Edgar Allan Poe's work shows terror at its roots, and also denotes its relationship to depression. Come and learn more about his life and his writings.
A series of catastrophic misfortunes is a work created by Daniel Handler, where everything bad thought can happen. Come and learn more about its plot and author.
Dolores Redondo's books have made the world of literature vibrate, especially since her arrival at the cinema. Come and learn more about his life and work.
Under the Same Star is a book written by John Green that tells how a young woman with cancer decides to love. Come and learn more about this story and its author.
Today we interview the writer José Zoilo Hernández, author of the trilogy Las cenizas de Hispania, about his work, hobbies, favorite books and much more.
Du Fu is one of the great classics of Chinese literature. In fact, he is considered a "sacred poet." This is a selection of 5 of his poems.
Juan Carlos Onetti was a Uruguayan writer whose work had a great impact on world literature. Come and learn more about his life and work.
Jorge Amado was a Brazilian writer whose work highlighted the value of the poor class and how they are left out. Come and learn about his life and works.
It is 100 years since the birth of Francisco García Pavón, a Tomellos writer who created Plinio. This is a brief analysis of Voces en Ruidera.
Manuel Altolaguirre and Emilio Prados were two Malaga poets belonging to the Generation of 27. Today I remember them and vindicate them with 6 of their poems.
Emilia Pardo Bazán is one of the most renowned Spanish writers for her feminist and naturalistic themes. Come and learn more about his life and his books.
The Game of Thrones books represent George RR Martin's masterpiece, a unique fantastic literary work. Come and learn about its plot and its author.
The tree of science, by Pío Baroja, is one of his great works and a classic of national literature as well. Today I bring a brief analysis of it.
Agatha Christie's literary work is one of the most complete and important within the crime novel. Come and learn more about his books and his life.
The Music of Silence is a work by the writer Patrick Rothfuss, it deals with Auri and the world of Subreality. Come, know about this story and its author.
Today I analyze a little Bohemian Lights, the classic and first grotesque by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, which we have all read for sure.
The linguist Noam Chomsky has been in charge of delving into the study of language and its correct use. Come and learn more about his life and his books.
To speak of Jules Verne's books is to delve into a very well-crafted science fiction world, typical of a genius. Come and learn more about his work and his life.
Washington Irving is one of the great American classical writers of the early XNUMXth century. This a review of his figure and works.
In recent years few literary sagas have reached as high a stage as The Hunger Games. Come and learn more about its plot, its films and its author.
The Spanish writer Lorenzo Silva has marked a milestone in the XNUMXth and XNUMXst centuries with his police literary works. Come and learn more about his life and his books.
Federico García Lorca was one of the most prolific writers in Spain, his poetic legacy is immense. Come and learn more about his life and work.
Ernesto Sabato was one of the most influential writers in Latin America between the XNUMXth and XNUMXst centuries. Come and learn more about his life and work.
Today I review a selection of 8 films about writers of all eras and genres. Among them Dickens, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Christie or Austen.
César Vallejo was one of the most transcendental Peruvian writers of the XNUMXth century, his literature marked a milestone. Come and learn more about his life and work.
Physicist, mathematician, and writer, an unconventional, if brilliant combination in Nicanor Parra. Come and learn more about the life of the Chilean antipoet.
Today is one of stories of various genres: gothic, Victorian, black, erotic and republican. And from various authors from different times.
Mario Benedetti is one of the most prominent poets in Latin American and world literature. Come and learn a little more about his poetry and his life.
Marco Valerio Marcial is an essential classic among the great Roman authors. Because I have special sympathy for him, today I remember some of his epigrams.
Rosalía de Castro was a Spanish writer whose work focused on giving the Galician language a revival. Come and learn more about his life and work.
Swiss author Erich Von Däniken is a specialist in extraterrestrial mystery books. Today I take a look at a few.
The literary work of Félix Lope de Vega is considered one of the largest and most important in Spain. Come and learn more about the life and books of Lope de Vega.
Andrea Camilleri, the Italian writer who created Commissioner Montalbano, has died, leaving him an orphan after a long life and work.
Blood Wedding, the only theatrical by Federico García Lorca adapted into a book, plunges us into a universal tragedy brimming with the symbolism of its author.
Frederick Marryat was a Marine Captain in the British Royal Navy in the 5th century. He was also a writer of adventure novels. These are XNUMX of them.
Gerardo Diego is one of the great poets of the Generation of 27. Santanderino by birth, however he died in ...
Antonio Machado was one of the most versatile poets in Spain, his poetry marked a milestone. Come and learn more about his life, work and legacy.
In this second article dedicated to the figure of El Cid, I review 5 titles of novels and biographies about him by various authors.
Pablo Neruda's poems reached a world in need of a sensitive and versatile poetic vision. Come and learn more about his life and his poetry.
Ramón Gómez de la Serna was born on a day like today in 1888 in Madrid. I remember some of his greguerías to celebrate his anniversary.
Helen Keller was born on a day like today in 1880. In her memory, I rescue these 20 phrases that this woman and writer, an example of courage and improvement, left us.
Don Quijote de La Mancha is the most important book in the Spanish language. Here we invite you to reveal the sanity behind the madness of its protagonist.
Saint John of the Cross was born on June 24, 1542 in Fontiveros. Representative figure of mysticism with Santa Teresa de Jesús. I highlight some poems.
The works of Gabriel García Márquez and George RR Martin are emblematic. Here we tell you the similarities between One Hundred Years of Solitude and Game of Thrones.
A new anniversary of the death of Luis de Camoes, the most famous of the Portuguese poets, is commemorated. These are 4 poems to remember.
Allende, Espinosa, Asensi, Villar, Moccia, Monfort, Hess, Del Val ... They are the surnames of 8 best-selling authors of these months.
If there is an emblematic character in Venezuelan literature, that is José Antonio Ramos Sucre. Here we invite you to briefly delve into his life and work.
We celebrate the birthday of Ken Follet, the most popular and widely read Welsh author in the world, by reviewing 6 of his most famous novels.
The genius of Lope de Vega is undeniable, he deeply penetrated the town of his time, his secret: simplicity. Come and know the reason for his nickname.
Miguel de Unamuno's work is, undeniably, one of the most complete and extensive in Spanish-speaking literature. Come and know a little more about him.
Seneca's seven books of wisdom offer great day-to-day advice to those who read them. Come and know a little more about them.
The Elemental Odes are a clear example of how everything can be poeticized. Neruda offers a master class in poetry. Come, know a little more about this book.
The Tales of the Jungle by Horacio Quiroga are the product of one of the many misfortunes that the writer experienced. Come and know a little about this work.
Carrie is a story in which Stephen King captures the reality of abuse experienced by many young people in schools. Come read a little more about it.
Talking about Stephen King is talking about one of the most significant horror writers in the world, his works are cult pieces. Come and read a little more about it.
The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is regarded as a cult film. But the film's writer didn't like it. Read here why King didn't like it.
Judith Kerr, the author of When Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit, a reference work of young adult literature, dies. I review his work.
One Hundred Years of Soledad was García Márquez's masterpiece. Come read this focus on Úrsula Iguarán, and why she is the image of the Latin American woman.
It is a new anniversary of the death of Pedro Calderón de la Barca, a distinguished name of the Spanish Golden Age. I remember some of his phrases and verses.
The Barrio de las Letras in Madrid is a must for natives and foreigners. Its streets ooze the atmosphere and the most immortal literary ghosts.
Today Eduardo Punset, the most followed scientific popularizer in Spain, has passed away. These are just 6 of the books he wrote in his long career.
Game of Thrones has ended in its television version, but its creator, George RR Martin, talks about its end much more extensive and yet to be written.
Literania and the Book Fair are the two essential literary events in Madrid for the second half of this month of May. We take a look.
On May 14, 1925, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English novelist, the author of such popular works as King Solomon's Mines, died in London.
One more year the anniversary of the birth of Camilo José Cela is celebrated. I select some of his most memorable fragments and phrases.
On May 9, 1938, Charles Simic, an American poet born in Belgrade, was born. He was a Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry in 1990. These are some of his poems.
May begins and several interesting titles are released for another month. For lovers of black and historical novels, these are 6 of the chosen ones.
Uruguayan poet Ida Vitale wins the 2019 Cervantes Prize, the most important prize in Spanish literature. I highlight 7 of his poems.
On Book Day I write about writing in a few reflections after a lifetime putting words together to tell myself and tell stories.
Francisca Aguirre has passed away at the age of 88. In memory of this Alicante author with such a long career, I highlight 4 of her poems.
The letter writers, by Beatriz Osés, and Blanco de tigre, by Andrés Guerrero, winners of the 2019 SM El Barco de Vapor and Gran Angular Awards.
Two important names on the current black scene return: Carmen Mola and Dean Koontz. And the latest Nordic phenomenon debuts: Stina Jackson.
William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770. On this new anniversary of his birth I choose 6 of his poems to review his work.
Jo Nesbø, the Nordic crime novel master, turns 59 today. I congratulate him this time highlighting some of his words and those of his readers about him.
Domingo Villar presented his new novel, The Last Boat, in Madrid after ten years of waiting. I review the act and his work, the trilogy of Inspector Caldas.
Today marks a new anniversary of the birth of prominent American playwright Tennessee Williams. I select some fragments of his works.
One more year today is the International Poetry Day. I have chosen these 8 sonnets by classical and not so classical authors.
Juliet Marion Hulme (London, 1938) is the real name of Anne Perry, one of the most widely read intrigue writers of the ...
The news of Mikel Lejarza, David Gistau and Arturo Pérez-Reverte is already on the street. Names of the most literary journalism and the darkest part of Spain.
Leandro Fernández de Moratín was born in Madrid on a day like today in 1760. I remember his most poetic figure and work with some of his sonnets and epigrams.
One more year on March 8, International Women's Day is celebrated around the world. Today I collect 30 literary phrases about them.
Louisa May Alcott died on March 6, 1888 in Boston. His most universally known novel was Little Women, but his production was very extensive.
I said goodbye to February by attending two presentations, that of What the dead are silent, by Ana Lena Rivera. And that of Countdown, by David López Sandoval.
Wilhelm Grimm was born on February 24, 1786 in Berlin, and together with his brother Jacob they compiled a series of unforgettable children's stories.
It is a new anniversary of the death of the genius of the Renaissance that was Miguel Angel Buonarroti. Today I remember him as a poet.
A representative figure of Spanish Romanticism, Mariano José de Larra died on a day like today in 1837 in Madrid. These 30 of his phrases to remember him.
Rosamunde Pilcher, the British lady in the romance novel, died on February 6 at the age of 94. I review his work and his figure.
Ana Lena Rivera, winner of the Torrente Ballester Prize 2017 and author of Lo que callan los muertos, gives us a very revealing interview.
Mary Shelley was only 53 years old when she died on February 1, 1851. It is 168 years without the creator of Frankenstein. I remember her with three of her poems.
Today I bring 5 titles that will be editorial news in February. They are established and newcomer authors who promise good stories.
Today two greats of literature share their birthdays: Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Anne Brontë. I remember his memory with some poems and fragments.
We celebrate one more year the birth of Jack London, one of the most acclaimed writers of the adventure novel. I remember him with some of his phrases.
I open the year of interviews with the writer and screenwriter Ángel García Roldán, whom I thank for his contact and time ...
We immerse ourselves in the torrid universe of erotic literature through the biography and best books of Megan Maxwell.
The first prizes for this year 2019, the Nadal Prize and the Josep Pla Prize, have just been awarded. They have fallen to Guillermo Martínez and Marc Artigau.
The Three Wise Men are coming. Today I refresh 5 poems by 5 classic writers such as Lope de Vega, Rubén Darío, Santa Teresa de Jesús or GK Chesterton.
Like every year, January 1 is the time when the works of some writers and creators in general pass into the public domain.
A new anniversary of the birth of Rudyard Kipling is celebrated. I highlight three poems from his work: Yes, Do not give up and verses from Epitafios de la guerra.
The Victorian era has been and will be the time and source of a thousand and one stories in literature. These 5 titles bring together love, mystery and crime.
Let's travel back in time through the biography and best books of Diana Gabaldon, creator of one of the most exciting historical fiction sagas.
Gustave Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, so it is 197 years since the author of two fundamental novels of the XNUMXth century, Madame Bovary and Salambó.
Marco Tulio Cicero lived in Rome, Robert Graves made us live in Rome. The two shared it as inspiration and passed away the same day.
Today I speak with the Asturian writer Malenka Ramos, with whom I have met in these universes thanks to a common Nordic pleasure: ...
We immerse ourselves in the biography and best books of Almudena Grande to delve into the stories of one of the great narrative voices of our country.
The English poet and artist William Blake, one of the greatest figures in literature and art, is turning 261 years old. These are 7 poems to remember.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte turns 67 in November. One of my favorite writers, in this article I make my retrospective on his work and figure.
Do we read poetry? Yes. We respond with these 7 collections of poems by contemporary authors such as Offreds, Búho, Brandon, Sastre, Benito, Arévalo and Cruz.
The Heir is Jo Nesbø's latest novel. Independent to his Harry Hole series, it is another great dark and very intense book by the Norwegian writer.
The two were born on November 10. Frederick Schiller and Arthur Rimbaud became poets of universal fame. Today I remember them with some poems.
It is fall. The moment invites reflection. And these are 40 from different authors on the art, hobby or need to write.
We dive into the biography and best books of Charles Dickens to explore the mysteries, poverty and hopes of Victorian London.
We immerse ourselves in the biography and best books of Eduardo Mendoza, one of the great Spanish writers of our time.
Today marks the 19th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest Spanish poets, Rafael Alberti. On the 28th of ...
On October 21, 1772, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the founders of Romanticism in England, was born. Today I rescue 3 of his poems to remember him.
Today I chat with the writer and private detective Rafael Guerrero about his career, influences, favorite authors and books, etc. I appreciate your time.
Today marks a new anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, one of the most famous writers in literature. There are 3 fragments of his works.
Garcilaso de la Vega, the great Spanish Renaissance poet, died on a day like today in 1536 in Nice. In his memory he rescued 5 of his sonnets.
On the anniversary of the birth of Carlos Arniches I remember his figure highlighting some of his famous sainetes and works with some fragments.
Immersing yourself in Dan Brown's biography and best books means doing so in a secret world of symbols, conspiracies and multi-selling novels.
Today I am talking to Javier Alonso García-Pozuelo, author of La cajita de snuff, a detective novel starring Inspector Jose María Benítez.
Immersing yourself in Edgar Allan Poe's biography and best books means doing it in such a dark and iconic universe full of great stories.
Immerse yourself in biography and better books means doing it in the universe of an author as visionary as he is essential in Spanish literature.
Walter Scott left this world and became immortal on September 21, 1832. Today I review the best film adaptations of his best-known works.
Department Q by Jussi Adler-Olsen. Series and film versions. The 4th installment in the cinema of this Nordic black series is released. File 64.
James Fenimore Cooper died on September 14, 1851, but had been born on September 15, 62 years earlier. Today I review his life and work in his memory.
Stephen King's biography and best books immerse us in a unique atmosphere woven by the King of Terror over the past fifty years.
It is a new anniversary of the birth of DH Lawrence, the English author of Lady Chatterley's Lover. I review this work highlighting 15 sentences.
Sirenas and La novia gitana are the two crime novels with the greatest projection on the scene and two successful debut operas by Joseph Knox and Carmen Mola.
Terje Vigen is an epic poem that Henrik Ibsen published in 1882. Unknown to the general public, it is a classic in the Nordic countries.
Isabel Allende is not only the most widely read living writer in Spanish, but a storyteller as versatile as she is unique.
We review the universe of the Colombian Nobel Prize in Literature through the biography and books of Gabriel García Márquez
These best European books delve into the history and sociological changes of the old continent through gripping stories.
Today I celebrate the anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, father of German Romanticism, highlighting 4 of his poems and 20 of his phrases.
It is a new anniversary of the death of Lope de Vega, the Fénix de los Ingenios. I choose 5 sonnets for your memory.
Mika Waltari died in Helsinki on August 26, 1979. Known for his historical novels, his most famous title is Sinuhé, the Egyptian.
13 new verses of Homer's Odyssey have been discovered at Olympia. I review the work of this classic of Greek literature.
From Japan to Colombia, this round the world tour in 10 writers uncovers some of the most influential authors in history.
Today I analyze one of the most entertaining black series that I have read, that of Myron Bolitar and his charismatic friend Win Lockwood, by Harlan Coben.
These writers who were recognized after their death confirm the paradoxical situation of authors who never experienced the success of their works.
Herbert George Wells passed away on August 13, 1946. I remember this famous English writer of science fiction novels, a forerunner of the genre.
These best storytellers in history turned short literature into a reference for new readers and writers.
The Jo Nesbø faithful are still in luck this year. In October, The Heir will go on sale and in July 2019 Harry Hole returns with his twelfth novel.
Today marks the 77th anniversary of the death of Rabindranath Tagore, the most famous of the Indian poets. I review his figure with some of his verses.
Ernest Hemingway or Emily Dickinson are just some of the next best American writers whose works are already a part of history.
It is a new anniversary of the birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the references of English romantic literature. Here are his best poems.
Despite their status as great works of literature, these difficult-to-read books do not always satisfy all readers.
The American writer Herman Melville has his birthday today. Author of the immortal Moby Dick, in his memory there are 20 phrases from his famous works.
Today we celebrate the 200th birthday of Emily Brontë, the English novelist and poet, author of Wuthering Heights. To remember her are these love poems.
These best books to read this vacation become refreshing proposals that navigate between the crime novel or travel literature.
Today four great authors share their birthdays. They are George Bernard Shaw, Aldous Huxley Antonio Machado and Ana María Matute.
Robert Burns is possibly Scotland's most famous poet, the epitome of Scottish romance. It has been 222 years since he left us.
The 119th anniversary of the birth of a great of world literature, the writer Ernest Hemingway. These are some fragments of his works.
These are 6 historical novels by 6 authors such as Jorge Molist, Sebastián Roa or Carlos Aurensanz, David A. Durham, Javier Pellicer and Emilio Lara.
The book of the sea, by the Norwegian writer Morten Strøksnes, is the latest editorial launch of reflection on nature that comes to us from the North.
Eduardo Mendoza and Arturo Pérez-Reverte publish new novels for this fall. I go ahead to take a look at them and wait patiently for the heat to pass.
Today I bring another freelance author who is worth tracking down. Jorge Moreno, from Madrid, answers 10 questions, especially a little.
The teacher who made life miserable for Joanne Rowling, Mrs. Morgan, is one of the most evil characters in Harry Potter: Professor Severus Snape.
Herman Hesse was a writer, poet, novelist and painter, and he became one of the most relevant and widely read authors of the XNUMXth century. Review of his work.
Today the film version of See You Up There, the novel by Pierre Lemaitre, winner of Goncourt 2013, is released. This was my review.
George Orwell would have turned 115 today. I remember his figure with phrases and fragments from his works 1984 and Rebellion on the farm.
On June 22, 1865, the Duke of Rivas passed away. His most representative work is Don Álvaro or the force of fate, of which I choose a few fragments.
To receive the summer, horror titles by Stoker, Poe or Stevenson, some horror in Roman Hispania and a mixture of science fiction with atavistic fears.
These writers who did not win the Nobel Prize for Literature confirm that, sometimes, the Swedish Academy can also be wrong.
William Butler Yeats is one of Ireland's greatest poets and today is his birthday. There are 6 of his poems to celebrate it.
Alexander Pushkin is the best known and most admired Russian poet, but he was also a novelist and playwright. I choose 7 poems to celebrate his birth.
The ability to combine magic and everyday life make these best magical realism books the best representatives of this genre that emerged in Latin America.
Today I speak with Lorena Franco, considered the new queen of the so-called domestic noir. He answers 11 questions about his books and his career.
June 5, 1898. The most widely read Spanish poet of all time, Federico García Lorca, is born. And one more year he celebrated his birthday with 5 of his sonnets.
These best books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie cover topics of great importance such as feminism, immigration or African identity.
Today I am speaking with the Extremaduran writer Luis Roso, who has answered some questions. Talk about their books, their authors, and their writing quirks.
Taking advantage of the imminent arrival of summer, these best books set by the sea are a refreshing journey through some of the great works of literature.
I analyze this crime novel series by Irish writer Ken Bruen about his detective and antihero Jack Taylor. 3 essential titles of the genre.
Francisco Narla is one of our best historical novel narrators and he has a new novel, Laín el bastardo. Answer these 10 questions.
Among the best books of Salman Rushdie we find not only some of the best stories of India, but the perfect analysis of a country as turbulent as it is fascinating.
Dashiell Hammett turns 124 years old. Considered the father of the crime novel, I remember some of his most famous works and phrases.
In these 10 questions Gabriel Romero de Ávila tells us about his books and authors, his influences, his readings, his projects and experiences.
Today is the 159th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creative writer of Sherlock Holmes. I celebrate his anniversary with some fragments of his work.
First article dedicated to independent authors. Francisco Hergueta, writer of La Solana, begins, answers 10 questions about his experience.
María Frisa is getting to be the publishing phenomenon of the moment with her novel Take care of me. He answers these 10 questions about his career.
The Fall of the Usher House is one of Edgar Allan Poe's best known works. This article is part of a college essay.
Today Camilo José Cela would have turned 102 years old. I remember him in a selection of phrases and passages from La familia de Pascual Duarte.
Today is a memory for José Luis Sampedro reviewing his works through his sentences, some about the creation process and others about writing.
Today I recover another of my university essays on Ivanhoe, by Walter Scott, and again mix two passions such as literature and history.
These best non-fiction books range from Zarathustra's manifesto to Virginia Woolf's feminist vision through other ways of understanding a certain time in history.
Today marks 143 years since the birth of Rafael Sabatini. To celebrate his birthday there are some of his stories and their versions on the screen.
Straddling realism and fantasy, between East and West, these best books by Haruki Murakami represent the essence of the most popular Japanese author in the world.
This was my college essay on Macbeth. Specifically, it was about the friendship between Macbeth and Banquo and how it evolves throughout the work.
The Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez has been the winner this year of the highest award for Spanish letters, the Cervantes Prize. We review your work.
Book Day is coming. What is literature without the thoughts of those writers? Here are 36 of them that we can share or not. Let's see them.
These best accounts of writers on Instagram allow us to peek into the universe of letters and anecdotes of some of the best current authors.
Hard Dogs Don't Dance is the latest novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. A doggy story starring El Negro, a former fight fighter.
Jo Nesbø covers Macbeth. Corrupt cops, casinos, drugs, bikers and traffickers witches in a rainy and dark indeterminate city of the 70s.
These best feminist books in history lead us to analyze and experience all the nuances of the pink revolution through different essays and novels.
On April 4, the Basque writer Jon Arretxe was in Aranjuez. He told us many things about his life and his work. These were some.
Discover all the books of this great writer. Among Laura Gallego's books we find heroines with powers, mysterious towers or monks who seek to save the world.
Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet of the Victorian era. I review his controversial work and remember some of his verses.
These best books of Norse myths and gods immerse us in the universe and legends of warriors armed with lightning, frozen maidens and immortal hammers.
France has declared 2018 the year of national commemoration for Edmond Rostand and is celebrating his anniversary in his hometown.
Coinciding with the publication in Spain of The Witch, we navigate through the stories of Swedish literature immortalized by the best books by Camilla Läckberg.
The Norwegian crime novel master has 58 March today. On the 29th it saw its first light, surely quite dark, in Oslo. To celebrate, I select a collection of phrases from the novels of its most famous creature, curator Harry Hole.
We are in the middle of the Teresian jubilee year 2017-2018 that began on October 15 of last year. So I review 5 of those poems that the saint of Avila, Teresa de Jesús, who was born on this day in 1515, left us.
Lovers of the historical novel will find in Matilde Asensi's books mysteries, conspiracies and plots from all over the world. .
The Scottish writer Philip Kerr died yesterday Friday 23 due to cancer. Very sad and unexpected news for all lovers of the black genre and of course for its thousands of readers. Bernie Gunther is orphaned.
Friday of pain. Nothing better than the most famous Lola in literature to accompany on this day and onomastics of all that they are. Phrases from the classic by Vladimir Nabokov.
These best stories in history confirm the power of short literature from some of the most universal writers in the world of letters.
Today, March 21, is celebrated the International Poetry Day. I choose 6 poems by Quevedo, Garcilaso, Gutierre de Cetina, Kipling and Burns, which are my favorites, to celebrate such an important date.
It has been 8 years since the death of Miguel Delibes, one of the most prestigious writers of our literature. I rescue for your memory a handful of phrases and fragments of some of his most fundamental works.
Today, February 26, 216 years have passed since the birth of Victor Hugo. He was born in Besançon and was also a poet ...
It will be in April. The AMC network has adapted Dan Simmons' famous historical and intrigue novel into a television series produced by Ridley Scott. We take a look.
Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, the peculiar French curator created by Fred Vargas, returns in the new title of the series, When the recluse comes out. We remember their stories.
Today we come to review an important date that occurred yesterday, February 12: 34 years without Cortázar: His best writings.
The Hogarth Shakespeare project began in 2014 with the goal of rewriting English bardic literature for 400st century audiences. It was part of the celebrations for the 2016th anniversary of his death in XNUMX. These are some of the authors who cover his works.
Today the quintessential English novelist, Charles Dickens, turns 206. In memory of his memory and his enormous and significant work, I recall some of the phrases in his works.
The American writer James Ellroy has been the winner of the Pepe Carvalho Prize at the Barcelona Black Novel Festival. Today I tell my love story with the Mad Dog of LA
In our article today we bring you 5 great writers who made history: Gloria Fuertes, Virginia Woolf, Rosalía de Castro, Jane Austen and María de Zayas.
Do you know that the National Library has bought for 400.000 euros a total of 117 letters from Lope de Vega addressed to the Duke of Sessa?
Don Vicente Blasco Ibáñez is celebrating his birthday today. He was born on January 29, 1867 in Valencia. To celebrate I compile some phrases from his most representative works.
These two novelties go on sale in mid-February. One by British debutant Daniel Cole and another by our consecrated Juan José Millás. They are two advances that I have already been able to read and recommend.
From the town of Macondo to the poems of a young Chilean, these best books of Latin American literature encompass the best of literature from the other side of the Atlantic.
A new edition of the Barcelona Black Novel Festival, BCNegra 2018, is coming up, which will take place from January 29 to February 4. We review your topics, activities, awards and most prominent names that will visit you.
Today we bring you bad news for the world of literature, and it is that Ursula K. Le Guin has passed away at the age of 88.
With only 25 years, the Canadian poet of Indian origin Rupi Kaur has become queen of the so-called "instapoets" thanks to some verses that delve into the great problems of our time.
Colonization, polygamy or war are some of the themes that define the largest continent in the world and our selection of the best books of African literature.
We speak with Ana Lena Rivera Muñiz and Fátima Martín Rodríguez, 2017 Torrente Ballester Prize awarded ex aequo last December. The authors tell us about their trajectories, expectations and projects.
Murakami, Vargas Llosa or Bolaño are some of the names in the following list of books that will be published in 2018 and that we cannot wait to read.
In our article today we wanted to pay tribute to George Orwell, an author who dared to speak about the global corruption of that time.
On this day in 1788, George Gordon Byron, eternally known as Lord Byron, came into the world. We celebrate his anniversary with four of his poems.
Criticism, women, magical realism ... The best books by Isabel Allende allow us to enter the universe of the most widely read living Hispanic writer in the world.
It is now 209 years since the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, so once again it is time to congratulate him on his eternity as a great among the greats of the novel, the story, the poetry and, above all, of the terror, the passion and the most overwhelmed feeling. Today are some of his phrases.
María Goodin gave us your sweetest lie in 2013. In this, thus far only novel, she emptied her heart and her experience as a volunteer at a mental illness center.
The English writer Simon Beckett wrote this black tetralogy on the cases of forensic anthropologist David Hunter in the first decade of this century. We take a look.
Two lines of writing for Jose María Guelbenzu: Deep and critical social novel and Novel of intrigue in the series starring Judge Mariana de Marco. Are they so different?
The Alphabet of Crime is left without Z after the death of its author, Sue Grafton, creator of the crime novel series starring Kinsey Milhone.
It was on January 1, 1818 when _Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus_ was published, the work that elevated its author, the British Mary Shelley. We revisit a classic par excellence in literature.
2017 is ending and I take stock of some of the noir novels that have conquered me this year. Topping the list are Vikings, Italians and Gauls, as well as Yankee and Spanish.
These 10 best books by Gabriel García Márquez evoke the universe of a unique magical realism, timeless and full of great stories.
There is no Christmas without Charles Dickens. There is a new film about the figure of the great English writer and how he devised his Christmas story.
2017 ends and there have been many prizes in literature as every year. We review some of them in a summary.
In this article I go from writer to writer to encourage colleagues and make some fundamental recommendations so that their texts see the light.
In today's literary article we analyze Benito Pérez Galdós, the highest representative of Spanish Realism. Tomorrow we will talk about Leopoldo Alas "Clarín".
Robert L. Stevenson is one of the most popular writers of literature of all time. 123 years have passed since his death. We review his work.
We review some of the writers born in December and select some phrases from their works and their lives to accompany the last month of the year.
The latest film adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express, one of Agatha Christie's most famous novels, has been released. We review some more.
On this day the author of "Little Women" was born: Louisa May Alcott. Today we briefly review his works and his book "Little Women".
Don Félix Lope de Vega has just turned 455 years old and we celebrate it by remembering 20 of his best phrases and some of his best-known verses.
Peter Berling, a fundamental name in historical literature, passed away on the 20th. We review the figure of the author of _The Sons of the Grail_.
There are another 5 dark tone readings to take advantage of this Black Friday. Two compilations by Lemaitre and Silva and 3 new releases by Connelly, Manook and Mytting.
I keep reviewing authors and writers from my town, La Solana, in the heart of Castilla La Mancha. Today more poets and historians as well as playwrights.
For this Black Friday (that imported Black Friday) we see a selection of black leg crime novels with a novelty just released this month.
We analyze the life and work of Charles Perrault, author of some of the most famous children's stories in the history of literature.
Rosa Montero, awarded the National Literature Prize 2017. Today we review her 5 best books and we give you reasons to read it.
La Solana, a town in Ciudad Real, is my hometown. A review of some of the biggest names on the local literary scene.
In today's article we honor Noah Gordon: Writer Noah Gordon was born on this day, but in 1926.
Jo Nesbo, the established Norwegian writer of crime and children's novels, gave in this interview 10 tips for beginning writers.
Brief review of the boigraphy of Octavio Paz, a Mexican poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Documents on the death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, JFK, have been declassified. We see some books with his iconic figure as the protagonist or in the background.
The month of November stars in some book titles in various years and on various themes. We review a few.