at once
it’s called a novel Unknown woman. written by Rosa Montero and Olivier Truc. Alfaguara just published the book and I really read it in one go.…
about the end
A book written by a serious writer about the twilight of life doesn’t have to be serious. The last days of Roger Federer (Gloucestershire,…
Michael Caine, the star who never hid his “cockney” accent
When Michael Caine’s father died at the age of 56, he had only three shillings and eight pence in his pocket. At that moment, Alfie’s future…
An alien on the Rock Olympus
“Only in the realms of eccentricity do I find freedom.” David Bowie’s constant attempt to explain his musical, aesthetic, stage and sexual…
From the forties to boomers
There is no forty-odd years, and yes, forty-odd years or fifty-odd years and more. And yes, boomers are more than 12 million people who were…
Willie Nelson, three chords and truth
We might think that all American music stars are stars in Spain as well, but there are subtle exceptions, there are very big artists here like…
Life goes on
When a poet takes a work to market, everything seems to stop. We can define poetry as the mother of all arts, because poetry is nothing but…
Colson Whitehead: “Racist violence in the USA is not just perpetrated by the police”
What do you think of the Chester Himes novels starring detectives Coffin’ Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones? I love them but this is just one…
Exodus and noir novel
Great waves of migration caused by famines, diseases or wars have always existed in literature, have never been foreign to literature, and are…
Joseph O’Connor: “A pop band is like a dysfunctional family”
Novels about rock and roll bands or artists do not occupy a very important place in the literary canon. [Ríe] This is true. While I’m sure…