Rosa Montero

Hablar de algunos de los tiranos m s conocidos del siglo XX a trav s de la visi n de sus esposas, amantes e hijas, y del lugar que la mujer ocupaba en sus proyectos megaloman acos, es poder ahondar en la historia europea desde otra perspectiva y ampliar la comprensi n de las tragedias sociales por medio del an lisis de las tragedias dom sticas. Es como meterse por la puerta de atr s de las dictaduras", dice Rosa Montero en el pr logo de este maravilloso libro que aborda el poder de las mujeres a la sombra de Hitler, Franco, Stalin y Mussolini. Junto a un equipo de televisi n, Rosa Montero viaj por Rusia, Alemania, Italia y Espa a. All entrevistaron a familiares directos de los dictadores, visitaron sus b nkers, sus tumbas, sus despachos privados, y reconstruyeron la intimidad de los tiranos y su relaci n con la devastadora historia de las dictaduras. Este libro es el resultado de ese trabajo y de la colaboraci n de prestigiosos historiadores internacionales. Por qu se suicid la segunda esposa de Stalin? Qu relaci n ten a Hitler con Eva Braun? Y Clara Petacci con Mussolini? Por qu la mujer de Franco tuvo tanta importancia en su vida p blica? Hitler lleg a decir que no se casaba porque se consagraba a Alemania. Y Mussolini afirmaba que "las masas y las mujeres nacieron para ser violadas". Dictadoras muestra c mo se relacionaron los l deres de reg menes totalitarios con sus mujeres y en consecuencia, con la sociedad en su conjunto.ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Talking about some of the most well known tyrants of the 20th century through the eyes of their wives, lovers, and daughters, and about the place that women occupied in their megalomaniac projects, is to be able to go deeper into European history from another perspective and expand our understanding of social tragedies through the analysis of domestic tragedies. It is like going into dictatorships through the back door," says Rosa Montero in the prologue to this marvelous book that deals with the power of the women in the shadows of Hitler, Franco, Stalin, and Mussolini. Along with a television crew, Rosa Montero traveled throughout Russia, Germany, Italy, and Spain. They interviewed the dictators' immediate family members, visited their bunkers, their tombs, their private offices, and reconstructed the private lives of the tyrants and their relationships with the devastating history of the dictatorships. This book is the result of that task, and of the collaboration of prestigious international historians. Madam Dictators shows how the leaders of totalitarian regimes connected with their wives and, consequently, with society as a whole.

"An outstanding work, both in its ideological and civic positions as in its literary skill to create a hybrid text, a blend of personal experiences and legends, of autobiography and fictionalized essay." Fernando R. Lafuente, ABC An engaging literary essay on the power of imagination and creative writing comprised of nineteen chapters in which the author discusses many topics in relation to the essential quality a good writer should have: the ability to imagine and create. A mixture of personal reflections, anecdotes, and literary references by one of Spain's top women writers. "

Un hombre alcoholico y triste en busca de "una mujer para vivir y para morir, para amar y envejecer con ella" una nina que se siente invadida por "la otra," la nueva mujer de su padre: una mujer fea que encuentra razones para sentirse bella e inocente... Una vez mas, Rosa Montero nos muestra el lado luminoso y mezquino del alma, a traves de historias con un punto en comun: la complejidad de las relaciones humanas. Quien haya tenido amantes y/o enemigos se encontrara retratado en estos cuentos, que no son solo para disfrutar sino tambien para reflexionar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A sad and alcoholic man in search of "a woman to live and to die with, to love and to grow old with," and her, a girl who feels invaded by "the other one," the new woman in her father s life: an ugly woman who finds any means to feel beautiful. Once again, Montero shows the luminous and selfish side of the soul through stories with a common ground: the complexity of human relationships. Those who have had lovers and/or enemies will identify with these short stories, which are for enjoying and to reflect upon. "

La editora de libros medievales Sofia Zarzamala nunca penso que el pasado pudiera irrumpir en su vida para sumergirla en los infiernos.-Te he encontrado-. Dice la voz de un hombre al otro lado de la linea telefonica, y con eso basta para que Sofia se vista a toda prisa y huya de su apartamento...El descenso de Sofia a los bajos fondos se alterna con su misterioso pasado. Tras veinticuatro horas repletas de caoticas experiencias, la luz aguarda al final del tunel. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Medieval text editor Sofia Zarzamala never thought the past could burst into her life and drag her down to the depths of hell. I have found you, said the voice at the other end of the line, and with those words, Sofia finds herself on the run. Scenes from her descent into the city s underworld alternate with her mysterious past. After twenty four hours of chaos, a light glimmers at the end of the tunnel."

Un libro sobre la fantasia y los suenos, sobre la locura y la pasion, sobre los miedos y las dudas de los escritores, pero tambien de los lectores. Este libro es una novela, un ensayo, una autobiografia. "La loca de la casa" es la obra mas personal de Rosa Montero, un recorrido por los entresijos de la fantasia, de la creacion artistica y de los recuerdos mas secretos. Es un cofre de mago del que emergen objetos inesperados y asombrosos. La autora emprende un viaje al interior en un juego narrativo lleno de sorpresas. En el se mezclan literatura y vida en un coctel afrodisiaco de biografias ajenas y autobiografia novelada. Y, asi, descubrimos que el gran Goethe adulaba a los poderosos hasta extremos ridiculos, que Tolstoi era un energumeno, que Montero, de nina, fue una enana, y que, con veinte anos, mantuvo un estrafalario y desternillante romance con un famoso actor. Pero no deberiamos fiarnos de todo lo que la autora cuentasobre si misma: los recuerdos no son siempre lo que parecen. Un libro sobre la fantasia y los suenos, sobre la locura y la pasion, sobre los miedos y las dudas de los escritores, pero tambien de los lectores. La loca de la casa es, sobre todo, la torrida historia de amor y salvacion que hay entre Rosa Montero y su imaginacion. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION This novel, essay, and/or autobiography is a journey through the mystery of fantasies, of artistic creation and Montero s most secret memories. She undertakes a trip to her inner self in a narrative game full of surprises. It is a magician s hat from which she reveals amazing and unexpected events. In this book, she mixes literature and life in an aphrodisiacal cocktail of other people's biographies and a semi-fictional autobiography. This is, above all, a torrid story of love and salvation between her and her imagination.""

Este libro que ofrecemos al lector es una recopilaci n de art culos que Rosa Montero ha escrito regularmente para el peri dico El Pa s en los ltimos a os. Agrupados bajo el t tulo Maneras de vivir, los textos son, m s que nada, una recopilaci n de vida. Y es que todos los temas son abordados desde el punto de vista m s humano. Otra de las grandes virtudes de Montero consiste en el hecho de que su literatura se puede disfrutar en repetidas ocasiones, pues siempre encontraremos en sus p ginas una belleza nueva. "Maneras de vivir es", entonces, un libro de colecci n para los amantes de la obra de esta escritora imprescindible.

Death is inevitable. Especially when you have an expiration date. As a replicant, or “techno-human,” Detective Bruna Husky knows two things: humans bioengineered her to perform dangerous, undesirable tasks; and she has just ten years on the United States of Earth before her body automatically self-destructs. But with “anti-techno” rage on the rise and a rash of premature deaths striking her fellow replicants, she may have even less time than she originally thought. Investigating the mysterious deaths, Bruna delves into the fractious, violent history shared by humans and replicants, and struggles to engage the society that fails to understand her—yet created her. The deeper she gets, the deadlier her work becomes as she uncovers a vast, terrifying conspiracy bent on changing the very course of the world. But even as the darkness of her reality closes in, Bruna clings fiercely to life.

Combining elements of the real and the fantastic, Beautiful and Dark (Bella y oscura) is written from the perspective of an orphaned girl taken to live with relatives in a derelict neighborhood at the edge of a city. Trying to cope with the mystery and violence of the adult world around her, she is drawn to the Lilliputian Airelei, who fascinates her with fantastic tales that mix myth and memory. Beautiful and Dark...is a dramatization of the painful innocence of childhood when confronting the adult world, of the position of women, of love, of death, and of writing itself--the Beautiful and Dark writing that Rosa Montero has invented with intense and entertaining effectiveness in order to be loyal to her truth. --Juan Antonio Masoliver R denas, La Vanguardia Beautiful and Dark synthesizes the mixture that comprises the book well--a mixture of sordid social realism, existentialist orientation, and the mysterious, magical terror that depicts the unknown from the mythifying, childish perspective of a girl, whose experiences are a metaphor for unfulfilled desires. --J.L. Mart n Nogales, El Diario Vasco In her most thoughtful novel to date, Rosa Montero brilliantly combines intrigue and imagination with personal insight into human nature. --Javier Escudero, World Literature in Review

In La función delta (1981), the second novel of the best-selling Spanish author Rosa Montero, the real world is as unmapped and treacherous as ever for her countrywomen, but more universal concerns impinge. Translated into English by Kari Easton and Yolanda Molina Gavilán, The Delta Function explores a woman's fears of being abandoned, of being alone, and of dying. A unique double narrative structure throws into relief time's effect on her self-identity, sexuality, and relations with others. Readers will be inspired to confront and rethink their own version of the world around them.