Diccionario Pop de la Moda del Siglo XXI

«LOS pelícanos de San Juan del Sur, un pequeño pueblo costero del océano Pacífico nicaragüense, planean hasta avistar su presa y de repente se dejan caer en picado. El golpe contra el agua es brutal y siempre salen con el pez en el pico. A Fernando Valverde le asombró la perfección milimétrica de su caza hasta que un pescador le reveló que aquel portento escondía una tragedia enorme. De tanto golpear su rostro contra el océano muchos pelícanos mueren ciegos, perdidos en el horizonte. De todo eso habla este libro, del destino de los pelícanos y de cómo los sueños de la gente...

La obra ofrece una selección de poemas dedicados al tema de la muerte escritos por monjes zen y poetas de haiku, relacionando esta poesía con la mentalidad japonesa sobre la dialéctica entre la vida y la muerte.

Trained originally in the French classical manner, Matisse was inspired by the Impressionists and Cezanne to create a style that brought out the beauty of color, form and line by reducing them to the bare essentials. While considered a leader of the Fauves and an inspiration to most of the great figures in modern art, he wasn't interested in being associated with any school or trend. A family man who worked 'office hours' in his studio, he defies the image of the artist as a tortured soul. In a career spanning six decades, he produced masterpiece after masterpiece that constantly challenge...

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.