Theodore Roosevelt was an American politician, naturalist, military man, author, and the youngest president of the United States. Known for his larger-than-life persona, Roosevelt is credited with forming the Rough Riders, trust-busting large American companies including Standard Oil, expanding the system of national parks and forests, and negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.
A prolific author, Roosevelt’s topics ranged from foreign policy to the natural world to personal memoirs. Among his most recognized works are The Rough Riders, The Winning of the West, and his Autobiography. In addition to a legacy of written works, Roosevelt is immortalized along with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honour by President Bill Clinton for his charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War, and was given the title of Chief Scout Citizen by the Boy Scouts of America. Roosevelt died suddenly at his home, Sagamore Hill, on January 5, 1919. Roosevelt, along with his niece Eleanor and his cousin Franklin D., is the subject of the 2014 Ken Burns documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense of logic, and his highly original vision.
Edith Wharton est née en 1862 à New York. On lui doit plusieurs best-seller, Chez les heureux du monde , et en 1921, son roman Le Temps de l'innocence pour lequel elle obtient le prix Pulitzer. Elle meurt à Saint-Brice sous Forêt en août 1937.
Puede parecer que este libro trata sobre libros –sobre su almacenamiento, las distintas formas de robarlos, los vicios que suscitan o sus digestiones–, pero la realidad es otra. Se trata de un panegírico. Una apología de la lectura. Una alabanza del lector (...) Gladstone y Roosevelt, Wharton y Woolf, Roberts y Carroll son aquí "lectores". Esta es la clave de los textos que reunimos en este volumen.
A veces podrá darnos la sensación de que se enfrascan en otras cuestiones, pero quien preste atención observará cómo no logran reprimir del todo una sonrisa furtiva al saberse entre iguales. Porque, como los tahúres de Las Vegas, estos lectores saben que lo que pasa en los libros se queda en los libros.
Título : Del vicio de los libros
EAN : 9788412328387
Editorial : Trama Editorial
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