Cuando el abuso se vuelve adicción

In this classic of Christian mysticism, a Carmelite nun describes her struggles and ultimate union with God. St. Teresa recounts her childhood, spiritual crises, and embrace of the contemplative life.

A lo que vamos: de que trata este libro; El Autor rebusca en la historia tantas veces escrita, no solamente de Europa, sino de la América Latina, tratando de que nos olvidemos de la "amnesia"; que aparentemente ha ido mutando, como algunos "virus" rebeldes en nuestras mentes, obligándonos a practicar un mutis al pasado; que no debemos aceptar. Si Aristocles fundador de "La Democracia", hace mas de 400 A.C. presenciara lo que ocurre actualmente en nuestra sociedad, aterrado seguramente se llevaría las manos a la cabeza para exclamar: "esto no puede ser". Pero es evidente que las mentiras y...

Excerpt from Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie: And Memoir by His Sons, Rev. David K. Guthrie and Charles J. Guthrie Our first care was naturally with the Autobiography. Being unfinished and never revised, it became a question whether it should be published separately and as a frag ment, or incorporated with a completed memoir. The former was deemed the better course. For the sake of convenience, it has been broken up into chapters, and a few short notes appended but no alterations have been made in the text save such as seemed unavoidable from the circumstances, that Dr. Guthrie was prevented...

This book is an exploration of Jack Kerouac, the writer that a whole generation turned into their reluctant spokesman. Duval gives a voice to key figures from that movement: the poet Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassadys wife and Kerouacs lover; Joyce Johnson, who was in a relationship with the writerwhen he became famous; Timothy Leary, the psychedelic guru of the sixties; Anne Waldman, beat poet; and Ken Kesey, a central figure of American counter-culture. Through their stories, we investigate the mysterious figure of Jack Kerouac, the man who wrote the most important novel of his generation to...