Overview
De Dumas a «Stoner»: un apasionante recorrido por los libros imprescindibles de la literatura de la mano del director del programa Un libro, una hora.
De los grandes clásicos hasta las obras contemporáneas más influyentes, este libro narra con pasión y emoción los 100 libros que marcaron la vida de su autor. Al mismo tiempo, ofrece un recorrido por la historia de la literatura a través de aquellas lecturas imprescindibles que todos deberíamos descubrir al menos una vez.
A través de curiosidades y anécdotas de la vida de los escritores, del contexto sociocultural en el que se publicaron y, sobre todo, a través de los sentimientos y de las emociones que la lectura provocaron en el autor, este libro te sumerge en los grandes pilares de la literatura.
Una lectura que despertará aún más el deseo de leer. Kafka, García Márquez, Saramago, Virginia Woolf, Paul Auster, Belén Gopegui, Javier Marías o Almudena Grandes son solo algunos de los autores que desfilan por estas páginas. Un libro de libros para amantes de la lectura.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
From Dumas to “Stoner”: An enthusiastic overview of iconic titles in world literature by the director of the Un libro, una hora [One Book, One Hour] podcast.
From revered classics to influential contemporary works, Antonio Martínez Asensio
offers a passionate overview of the 100 books that have shaped his life. The result is a tour of world literature, with stops at the essential titles everyone should discover at least once.
Beyond a summary of each title, this book provides interesting facts and anecdotes about its author, the sociocultural context in which it was published, and the feelings and reactions it provoked in Martínez Asensio when he read it. His enthusiasm is contagious and is sure to tempt readers to delve further into literary history.
Kafka, García Márquez, Saramago, Virginia Woolf, Paul Auster, Belén Gopegui, Javier Marías and Almudena Grandes are just some of the authors highlighted in in this sampling, which is sure to delight lovers of great literature.
De los grandes clásicos hasta las obras contemporáneas más influyentes, este libro narra con pasión y emoción los 100 libros que marcaron la vida de su autor. Al mismo tiempo, ofrece un recorrido por la historia de la literatura a través de aquellas lecturas imprescindibles que todos deberíamos descubrir al menos una vez.
A través de curiosidades y anécdotas de la vida de los escritores, del contexto sociocultural en el que se publicaron y, sobre todo, a través de los sentimientos y de las emociones que la lectura provocaron en el autor, este libro te sumerge en los grandes pilares de la literatura.
Una lectura que despertará aún más el deseo de leer. Kafka, García Márquez, Saramago, Virginia Woolf, Paul Auster, Belén Gopegui, Javier Marías o Almudena Grandes son solo algunos de los autores que desfilan por estas páginas. Un libro de libros para amantes de la lectura.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
From Dumas to “Stoner”: An enthusiastic overview of iconic titles in world literature by the director of the Un libro, una hora [One Book, One Hour] podcast.
From revered classics to influential contemporary works, Antonio Martínez Asensio
offers a passionate overview of the 100 books that have shaped his life. The result is a tour of world literature, with stops at the essential titles everyone should discover at least once.
Beyond a summary of each title, this book provides interesting facts and anecdotes about its author, the sociocultural context in which it was published, and the feelings and reactions it provoked in Martínez Asensio when he read it. His enthusiasm is contagious and is sure to tempt readers to delve further into literary history.
Kafka, García Márquez, Saramago, Virginia Woolf, Paul Auster, Belén Gopegui, Javier Marías and Almudena Grandes are just some of the authors highlighted in in this sampling, which is sure to delight lovers of great literature.
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