{"id":1249,"date":"2025-12-15T02:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T02:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carlosfvidaurre.website\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:22:16","slug":"libros-de-2025-books-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlosfvidaurre.website\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/libros-de-2025-books-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Libros de 2025\/Books 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otro a\u00f1o, uno menos\u2026magn\u00edfico a\u00f1o de lectura. La vida es sintaxis, dice Umbral, yo dir\u00eda que es orden en el pensar. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another year, wonderful year of books and ideas. Life is syntax\u2026. Or may be just a rigorous thinking, the maximum expression of humanity, and as such of beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><strong>Madre de coraz\u00f3n at\u00f3mico by A. Fern\u00e1ndez Mallo, 2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Libro para olvidar. La escritura es plana, carente de nervio y el tema lo describe como si fuera una resonancia magn\u00e9tica, con esmero en el detalle inicuo. Un par o tres ideas para dedicar dos minutos y se acab\u00f3. Ah y se ha divorciado dos veces\u2026 es lo que dice. Parece que no lo contaron en el HOLA. No pierdas dinero ni tiempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A book to forget. The writing is flat, lacking in energy, and the subject is described as if it were an MRI, with attention to the iniquitous detail. A couple or three ideas to devote two minutes and that&#8217;s it. Oh, and he&#8217;s been divorced twice&#8230; that&#8217;s what he says. It seems that they didn&#8217;t mention it in HOLA. Don&#8217;t waste your money or time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Las ninfas by Francisco Umbral 1976<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Umbral dec\u00eda, con toda la raz\u00f3n, que hay que leer lo que el escritor escribe. Esta es otra de esas novelas \u201cno novelas\u201d de Umbral con unos toques de iron\u00eda, lirismo y verdad que rara vez se encuentran en el mismo sitio. Magn\u00edfica, cuenta un tiempo como tel\u00f3n de fondo del alma humana que es siempre la misma. Al final John Wayne se va mudo y solo hacia el horizonte rojo de caballo y sombra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Umbral used to say, and he was quite right about it, that one should read what the writer writes. This is another of those \u201cnon-novel\u201d novels by Umbral with touches of irony, lyricism and truth that are rarely found in the same place. Magnificent, it tells of a time as a backdrop to the human soul that is always the same. In the end John Wayne goes silently towards a red horizon covered in horse and shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ropa de casa by Ignacio Mart\u00ednez de Pis\u00f3n, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Que man\u00eda tienes los escritores espa\u00f1oles vivos de explicarnos la historia de Espa\u00f1a. La historia de Espa\u00f1a va de 1939 a 1975 y se acab\u00f3. Otro libro que me ha producido alguna sonrisa por ciertas vivencias comunes, aunque de generaciones despegadas, en provincias. Otra vez una escritura plana y el tema del padre, como excusa para aventar peleas en el aire con enemigos so\u00f1ados. Todo esto contado por un pijo de los que esqu\u00eda en Formigal en los 70 y 80. En el pueblo nos conocemos todos. Lo que m\u00e1s me molesta de estos escritores es la falta de talento en la mezcla de vida, l<a>\u00ed<\/a>rica y lenguaje. Parece un informe aseado de requisici\u00f3n en el departamento de obras p\u00fablicas de la diputaci\u00f3n de Huesca vamos. No pierdas ni tiempo ni dinero. Cuando vayas a la librer\u00eda y lo veas, lee la solapa interior con los comentarios de los colegas de satrap\u00eda, \u00a1me re\u00ed a carcajadas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What an obsession you living Spanish writers have with explaining the history of Spain to us. The history of Spain goes from 1939 to 1975 and that&#8217;s it. Another book that has made me smile because of certain common experiences, although generations apart, in the provinces. Once again, flat writing and the subject of the father, as an excuse to start fights in the air with dream enemies. All this told by a posh guy who skied in Formigal in the 70s and 80s. In the village we all know each other. What bothers me most about these writers is the lack of talent in the mixture of life, poetry and language. It seems like a neat requisition report in the department of public works of the Huesca provincial council. Don&#8217;t waste time or money. When you go to the bookstore and see it, read the inside flap with the comments from colleagues in the satrapy, I laughed out loud!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>El ni\u00f1o by Fernando Aramburu, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un gran desencanto, una p\u00e9rdida de tiempo. Es una nada en 270 p\u00e1ginas que lleva hacia otra nada con un lenguaje de periodista esmerado y limpio. Nada. Lo que es peor es que se nota una falta de profundidad en entender el alma humana. Es curioso como Aramburu sigue esa retah\u00edla de escritores espa\u00f1oles mediocres que confunden religi\u00f3n, trascendencia, espiritualidad y lo ignoto. Su legendaria ignorancia hace que solventen el tema con dos frases hechas del tipo \u201ccreencias m\u00e1gicas\u201d. P\u00e9rdida de tiempo dinero y alma. \u00a1Ni se te ocurra comprarlo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A great disappointment. Two hundred and seventy pages of nothingness leading to another nothingness with the language of a journalist, careful and clean. The worst of it is that it shows a shallowness, a lack of depth in understanding the human soul. It is curious how Aramburu follows that string of mediocrity, so common among Spanish writers of his generation who confuse religion, transcendence, spirituality and the unknown. Their legendary ignorance makes them solve the issue with two ready-made phrases such as \u201cmagical beliefs\u201d. Waste of time, money and soul. Don\u2019t bother!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cuentos de Ignacio Aldecoa, recopilaci\u00f3n de Josefina Aldecoa 1977<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta es una recopilaci\u00f3n de cuentos de un gran escritor. Son cuentos desde los a\u00f1os 50 hasta mediados de los 60. Es una Espa\u00f1a en traves\u00eda, con esa mirada realista que tambi\u00e9n describe Cela o el Umbral primero. El espa\u00f1ol es precioso, no hay mucha poes\u00eda, pero los silencios y lo que no se dice es tan importante como lo que escribe. Uno de esos escritores que ha pasado de puntillas por nuestra literatura quiz\u00e1 debido a su muerte temprana. Para m\u00ed, ha sido un descubrimiento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a collection of short stories by a great writer. Short stories from the 1950s to the mid-1960s. It&#8217;s a country in transit, with that raw and crude realism also used by Cela and Umbral. Spanish language is beautiful. There isn&#8217;t much poetry, but what isn&#8217;t said, but alluded to, is as important as what is written. One of those writers who has tiptoed through our literature, perhaps due to his early death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Los helechos arborescentes by Francisco Umbral 1976<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, este es el primer libro de Umbral que \u2026 no. El lenguaje sigue siendo exquisito, pero es un intento deslavazado y sin ah\u00ednco de una historia m\u00e1gica de no se sabe qu\u00e9. Lo dejo aqu\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a No, very sad to say no but still a no. The first book by Umbral that disappoints me. The language is still exquisite, but it&#8217;s a disjointed and half-hearted attempt at a magical story about who knows what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Larga distancia by Martin Caparr\u00f3s 1992<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este autor me fue recomendado por un gran amigo. Lo empec\u00e9 con curiosidad, pero se me cayeron los palos del sombrajo con rapidez. Los art\u00edculos son una serie de fotos de situaciones al final de los a\u00f1os 80 y principios de los 90 que en un autor de talento hubieran creado algo magn\u00edfico, de hecho, nos falta el escribiente que nos descifre ese cambio de era cuando el comunismo fracas\u00f3 con fanfarria y el mundo occidental perdi\u00f3 el norte de sus creencias. Martin Caparr\u00f3s no es ese escribidor. El espa\u00f1ol es el de un periodista aseado cuando no mediocre a ratos. Las fotos son epid\u00e9rmicas, nunca van al alma de las cosas, los hombres o las situaciones. Yo esperaba algo como lo que contaba Manu Leguineche en los 70 en \u201cEl camino m\u00e1s corto\u201d o Ryszard Kapu\u015bci\u0144ski que mastica, bebe y digiere el alma de lo que ve o Stephan Zweig cuando desmelena en palabras el esp\u00edritu de las \u00e9pocas. Nada de nada. No pierdas tu tiempo\u2026ni tu dinero.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This author was recommended to me by a very good friend. I started it out of curiosity, but the writing quickly fell apart. The articles are a series of photos of situations in the late 1980s and early 1990s that, in a talented author, would have created something magnificent. In fact, we&#8217;re missing the scribe who can decipher the change of era when communism failed with great fanfare and the Western world lost its bearings. Martin Caparros isn&#8217;t that writer. The language is at best decent, most of the time is mediocre and the photos are superficial; they never go to the heart of things, people, or situations. I was hoping for something like what Manu Leguineche\u2019s&nbsp; &#8220;The Shortest Path&#8221; or Ryszard Kapu\u015bci\u0144ski, who chewed, drank and digested the world showed to him. Nothing at all. Don&#8217;t waste your time and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Carta a mi mujer by Francisco Umbral 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este es un libro p<a>\u00f3<\/a>stumo que Umbral acabo en 1986 pero jam\u00e1s public\u00f3. No es un diario de intimidades o una historia rom\u00e1ntica. Es Umbral y, como \u00e9l mismo dice, hay que leer lo que el escritor escribe. Es prosa tejida poes\u00eda y cuchillo. Te dejo una perla: \u201ca m\u00ed nunca me ha interesado la farra por la farra, sino en funci\u00f3n de la mujer, de la presa femenina\u2026O hay mujer o no hay mujer, que tampoco estamos para juglares medievales. No es eso lo que pone en mi carnet de identidad\u201d Lo recomiendo. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a posthumous book that Umbral finished in 1986 but never published. It&#8217;s neither a diary of intimacies or gossips nor a romantic story. It&#8217;s Umbral, and, as he himself says, you have to read what the writer writes. It is prose woven with poetry and knives. I&#8217;ll leave you with a gem: &#8220;I&#8217;ve never been interested in parties for the sake of parties, but rather in terms of the woman, the female prey&#8230; Either there&#8217;s a woman or there isn&#8217;t a woman, we&#8217;re not medieval minstrels. That&#8217;s not what it says on my ID card.&#8221; I recommend it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Franny and Zooey by J.D.Salinger 1961<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I recall reading \u201cThe catcher in the Rye\u201d many decades ago and loving it. I do not remember why but I recall the emotional impression of a solid book. I came to this \u201cFranny and Zooey\u201d as a consequence of my recent readings about transcendence and the value of silence beyond the word. It is a wonderful book but you need to be ready for it, do not try it, immerse yourself in it. At the core of our civilization is that fat lady for whom we shine our shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recuerdo haber le\u00eddo &#8220;El guardi\u00e1n entre el centeno&#8221; hace muchas d\u00e9cadas y haberlo disfrutado. No recuerdo por qu\u00e9 exactamente, pero dej\u00f3 en m\u00ed la impresi\u00f3n emocional de un libro s\u00f3lido. Llegu\u00e9 a este que ahora comento como consecuencia de mis lecturas recientes sobre la trascendencia y el valor del silencio m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la palabra. Es un libro maravilloso, pero hay que estar preparado para \u00e9l; no lo intentes o le des una opci\u00f3n leve, sum\u00e9rgete en \u00e9l, si no est\u00e1s dispuesto a ello, no lo leas. En el coraz\u00f3n de nuestra civilizaci\u00f3n se encuentra esa se\u00f1ora gorda por la que lustramos nuestros zapatos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Into the silent land by Martin Laird 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este es un libro intense y precioso. Escrito por un cura agustino, este es un recorrido por una tradici\u00f3n cat\u00f3lica de meditaci\u00f3n y trascendencia con alguna gu\u00eda pr\u00e1ctica de c\u00f3mo llevarlo a cabo. Es importante destacar que la meditaci\u00f3n no lo descubrieron los Beatles en una monta\u00f1a extraviada de la india cuando se encontraron con un tipo malnutrido en taparrabos. Gran libro que nos recuerda tambi\u00e9n el valor del silencio y como la palabra llega solo a los albores del conocimiento<a>. Ya Umbral atisba que \u201cla trascendencia es un derivado \u00fatil del poema\u201d, la verdad est\u00e1 m<\/a><a>\u00e1<\/a>s all\u00e1 de la palabra.&nbsp; \u00a1C\u00f3mpralo, todav\u00eda mejor\u2026 l\u00e9elo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is both an intense and a beautiful book. Written by an Augustinian priest, this is a journey through a Catholic tradition of meditation and transcendence, with some practical guidance on how to carry it out. It&#8217;s important to note that the Beatles didn&#8217;t discover meditation on a lost mountain in India when they met a malnourished man in a loincloth. A great book that also reminds us the value of silence and how words only reach the dawn of knowledge. Umbral already hints that &#8220;transcendence is a useful derivative of the poem,&#8221; that truth is beyond words. Buy it, or better yet, read it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From strength to Strength by Arthur C Brooks 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the second book I recommend by Arthur C. Brooks. Here he describes how the transition from a life dominated by fluid intelligence to a crystallized intelligence is fundamental to shaping and giving meaning to life as a future project. There are no formulas or magic spells, but rather a wealth of evidence coupled with human common sense. The author has a very interesting life story and truly leads by example. Buy it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este es el segundo libro que recomiendo de Arthur C Brooks, aqu\u00ed describe como la transici\u00f3n de una vida dominada por la inteligencia fluida hacia una inteligencia cristalizada es fundamental para dar forma y sentido a la vida como un proyecto de futuro, lo que Juli\u00e1n Mar\u00edas en su \u201cAntropolog\u00eda metaf\u00edsica\u201d denomina el hombre como ente \u201cfuturizo\u201d. No hay f\u00f3rmulas ni magias m\u00e1gicas, sino mucha evidencia junto con el sentido com\u00fan del hombre. EL autor tiene una peripecia vital muy interesante y realmente predica con el ejemplo. \u00a1C\u00f3mpralo! La traducci\u00f3n al espa\u00f1ol la han titulado \u201cLa madurez inteligente: C\u00f3mo alcanzar el \u00e9xito, la felicidad y un prop\u00f3sito profundo en la segunda mitad de la vida.\u201d Un t\u00edtulo horrible que suena a algo que te recomienda recursos humanos un par de meses antes de echarte. &nbsp;El titulo original viene del salmo 84: 5-7 \u201cA medida que avanzan, van <strong>de fuerza en fuerza<\/strong>, hasta que ven a Dios en Sion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hijos de la ira by Damaso Alonso 1944<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este es uno de esos libros que aprend\u00ed de su existencia en clase de literatura, como un referente de poes\u00eda en la posguerra espa\u00f1ola. Pero jam\u00e1s hab\u00eda le\u00eddo o pensado en leer. Es una absoluta joya. Damaso Alonso pensaba, con acierto, que el hombre es un constante deseo de superaci\u00f3n, y que eso es lo que construye la vida. Este libro se asoma a los recovecos del alma y su devenir en el tiempo, en la circunstancia, en la vida. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one of those books I learned about in literature class, as a reference to poetry in postwar Spain. But I&#8217;d never read it or thought about reading it. It&#8217;s an absolute gem. Damaso Alonso rightly believed that humankind is a constant desire for improvement, and that this is what builds life. This book peers into the recesses of the soul and its evolution over time, circumstance, and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mazurca para dos Muertos by Camilo J Cela, 1983<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cela volvi\u00f3 a la relevancia de la literatura con este libro. Es un libro de lluvia. Mitos y verdades entreveradas en lenguaje preciosista, casi barroco.&nbsp; Es un libro para comprender nuestros atavismos m\u00e1s rec\u00f3nditos, que ahora embadurnamos de \u201ccool\u201d, \u201cinfluencers\u201d y copas de Europa. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cela returned to literary prominence with this book. It&#8217;s a book permeated by drizzle, words rained by time. Myths and truths intertwined in ornate, almost baroque language. It&#8217;s a book for understanding our deepest-seated atavisms, which are now smeared with coolness, influencers, and European trophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What Christians believe by Bishop Robert Barron 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este libro es una joya de uno de los pocos Obispos (o lideres cat\u00f3licos) con la profundidad de Arist\u00f3teles, Santo Tomas de Aquino o San Agust\u00edn. Este libro explica y vertebra la profunda raigambre filos\u00f3fica y teol\u00f3gica del catolicismo. Se explica frase por frase el credo de Nicea que recitamos en misa cada vez que vamos. El concilio de Nicea ocurri\u00f3 hace 1700 a\u00f1os (de Mayo and Julio de 325 AD), y ya entonces definieron las creencias b\u00e1sicas de los cristianos que recitamos hoy y desde hace m\u00e1s de 1,000 a\u00f1os. Este libro va a convertir a mucha gente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This book is a gem, written by one of the few bishops (or Catholic leaders) with the depth of thought that Aristotle, Saint Thomas Aquinas, or Saint Augustine had. It is a true treasure and supports the deep philosophical and theological roots of Catholicism. This book explains, phrase by phrase, the Nicene Creed that we recite at Mass every time we attend. The Council of Nicaea occurred 1,700 years ago (May and July of 325 AD). This book will convert many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>El tesoro del Holand\u00e9s by Pio Baroja 1939<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este es un libro corto de aventuras en el ocaso de la carrera de Baroja. Se p\u00fablico el 11 de febrero de 1939 un par de meses antes del fin de la guerra civil. Este es un peque\u00f1o tesoro. La historia es un cl\u00e1sico de Baroja que en un lenguaje directo describe personajes y ambientes con la aventura como marco de referencia de sus comentarios. Este libro lo compr\u00e9 en una librer\u00eda de viejo en Valencia, en el barrio de Ruzafa. \u00a1Tuve la suerte de adquirir la primera edici\u00f3n de 1939!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a short adventure novel from the twilight of Baroja&#8217;s career. It was published on February 11, 1939, a couple of months before the end of the Spanish Civil War. This is a little treasure I found in a secondhand and antique bookstore in the old part of Valencia. It&#8217;s a first edition. The story is a classic Baroja tale that, in straightforward language, describes characters and settings with adventure as the backdrop for his observations. I bought it in a second-hand bookstore in Valencia, in the Ruzafa neighborhood. I was lucky enough to find the first edition from 1939!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The spirit of hope by Byung-Chul Han 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este \u00faltimo libro de Byung es el final esperado de una filosof\u00eda del materialismo hist\u00f3rico dialectico. Llama la atenci\u00f3n que en \u201cLa salvaci\u00f3n de lo bello\u201d Byung dice que lo bello se relaciona con la fidelidad, la permanencia y la conexi\u00f3n. Y en su visi\u00f3n cicatera del mundo dice que la belleza rescata la negatividad, la vulneraci\u00f3n y la imperfecci\u00f3n que son esenciales para el arte y la existencia genuina. En este libro las ilustraciones son un ejemplo de fealdad buscada y trabajada. Esa negrura espiritual se traduce tambi\u00e9n en argumentos rid\u00edculos de esperanza. El ultimo capitulo se dedica a criticar a Heidegger cuando reformula su \u201cDasein\u201d y habla de trascendencia. No hay esperanza sin trascendencia y Byung no lo entiende. Le han dado un premio, creo que ha sido por leer un par de p\u00e1ginas m\u00e1s de Hegel que el resto de profesores universitarios, parece que entre ellos estaba Pablo Iglesias.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This by Byung, his most recent outburst of the sameness eh disparages, is the expected finale of a philosophy of dialectical historical materialism. It is striking that in &#8220;The Salvation of Beauty,&#8221; Byung says that beauty is related to fidelity, permanence, and connection. And in his miserly worldview, he says that beauty rescues the negativity, vulnerability, and imperfection that are essential to art and genuine existence. In this book, the illustrations are an example of deliberate and elaborate ugliness. This bleak look at life translates into ridiculous arguments for hope, absolutely incomprehensible. The last chapter dwell endlessly on Heidegger, who reformulated his \u201cDasein\u201d into a transcendent being, Byung does not like that. He abhors beauty, the illustrations are aligned with the quality of his thinking. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amar en Madrid by Francisco Umbral 1972<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Umbral era un maestro de lo cotidiano. Este peque\u00f1o libro es un conjunto de rese\u00f1as sobre la vida en Madrid, desde el art\u00edculo dedicado a las pipas hasta ese dedicado a los ministrables. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Umbral was a master of daily tribulations. This short book is a collection of essays about everyday life in Madrid, from the article dedicated to sunflower seeds to the one dedicated to potential government ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quantum Physics for beginners by Carl J Pratt 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a short simple book that explains quantum physics wonderfully. I think we should all marvel at the world and learn difficult things, things that challenge our thinking. It is part of that hope, trying to understand the beauty of the world with a sense of awe at God\u2019s creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este es un libro breve y sencillo que explica la f\u00edsica cu\u00e1ntica de forma maravillosa. Creo que todos deber\u00edamos maravillarnos del mundo y aprender cosas dif\u00edciles que desaf\u00eden nuestro pensamiento. Es parte de esa esperanza intentar comprender la belleza del mundo con admiraci\u00f3n por la creaci\u00f3n de Dios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pattern seekers by Simon Baron-Cohen 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este es un libro muy interesante. Baron-Cohen (primo del actor y comediante) es un psic\u00f3logo que ha estudiado el autismo durante d\u00e9cadas, pero m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de ello, ha desarrollado una teor\u00eda de la evoluci\u00f3n humana. Para \u00e9l la caracter\u00edstica diferencial del ser humano es el \u201cif and then\u201d, somos animales sistematizadores, que miran a la realidad y tratan de comprenderla. Este es un resumen quiz\u00e1 apresurado, hay mucho m\u00e1s, el libro es estupendo, \u00a1c\u00f3mpralo y disfruta! &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a very interesting book. Baron-Cohen (cousin of the actor and comedian) is a psychologist who has studied autism for decades, but beyond that, he has developed a theory of human evolution. For him, the defining characteristic of human beings is the &#8220;if and then&#8221; mentality. We are systematizing animals who observe reality and try to understand it. This is perhaps a hasty summary; there is much more. The book is excellent\u2014buy it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>El momento de la sensaci\u00f3n verdadera by Peter Handke 1976<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es bueno leer de todo, pero a veces es una p\u00e9rdida de tiempo. Las traducciones son hijas bastardas de la ignorancia, y yo no s\u00e9 alem\u00e1n, pero una buena traducci\u00f3n no pude escribir una historia infumable. Si vas a ser nihilista y me conduces a la nada, hazlo con elegancia. La angustia de Heidegger es mucho m\u00e1s interesante que esta historia. \u00a1Le dieron el Nobel de literatura en 2019, estoy casi seguro de que me equivoqu\u00e9 de libro!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s good to read a variety of books, but sometimes it&#8217;s a plain waste of time. Translations are the bastard children of ignorance, and I don&#8217;t know German, but a good translation couldn&#8217;t possibly produce such an unreadable story. If you&#8217;re going to be nihilistic and lead me to nothingness, do it with elegance. Heidegger&#8217;s Anguish is far more interesting than this story. He won the Nobel Prize of Literature in 2019; I&#8217;m almost certain I picked the wrong book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es metaf\u00edsica? by Martin Heidegger 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He de decir que a\u00fan hay peque\u00f1as joyas editoriales en espa\u00f1ol. Esta es una de ellas. Heidegger tiene una obra monumental en tama\u00f1o, pero estos tres ensayos sobre su idea de la metaf\u00edsica y c\u00f3mo la explica a lo largo de 20 a\u00f1os (1929, 1943, 1949) son el quid de su filosof\u00eda y profundizan o matizan su \u201cSer y Tiempo\u201d de 1927, su \u201cMagnum Opus\u201d. Curioso que el \u00faltimo ensayo describiendo como la metaf\u00edsica es contraria a la idea de la nada, del absurdo es de 1949. Camus p\u00fablico su ensayo &#8220;El mito de S\u00edsifo&#8221; en 1942 donde explora la filosof\u00eda del absurdo, y la idea del suicidio. Lugar en el que estamos hoy con gente como Byung Chul Han que al hablar de esperanza se queja de Heidegger cuando este se pregunta por el sentido del ser y como la metaf\u00edsica es a la vez ontolog\u00eda y teolog\u00eda. Recomiendo el libro a aquellos a los que les gustan estas cosas, pero luego es dif\u00edcil escuchar homil\u00edas, \u00a1advertidos est\u00e1is! &nbsp;Y Que Dios me perdone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I must say that there are still some small gems published in Spanish. This is one of them. Heidegger has a monumental body of work, but these three essays explain his idea of \u200b\u200bmetaphysics over 20 years (1929, 1943, 1949) are the crux of his philosophy and deepen or refine his 1927 work, &#8220;Being and Time, his \u201c Magnum Opus\u201d. It&#8217;s curious that the last essay, describing how metaphysics is contrary to the idea of \u200b\u200bnothingness, of the absurd, dates from 1949. Camus published his essay &#8220;The Myth of Sisyphus&#8221; in 1942, where he explores the philosophy of the absurd and the idea of \u200b\u200bsuicide. This is where we find ourselves today with people like Byung-Chul Han, who, when speaking of hope, criticizes Heidegger when he questions the meaning of being and how metaphysics is simultaneously ontology and theology. I recommend the book to those who like this kind of thing, the ultimate truth. But be warned, it&#8217;s hard to listen to homilies afterward!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elegias a Duino by Rainer Maria Rilke 1923<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este libro es un cl\u00e1sico de la civilizaci\u00f3n occidental, a pesar de que Bloom no lo incluy\u00f3 en su \u201cOccidental Canon\u201d. La edici\u00f3n de Barjau en Catedra es magn\u00edfica, doy gracias a Dios por tener entre nosotros editores tan cuidadosos. Lee una por d\u00eda, y l\u00e9elo a calz\u00f3n quitado, olv\u00eddate de las notas. Pero no lo puedes leer un d\u00eda cualquiera, necesitas estar en ese estado especial de atenci\u00f3n a la belleza. &nbsp;Cada eleg\u00eda desmenuza una a una las batallas del hombre con la trascendencia, la muerte, la condici\u00f3n humana (la metaf\u00edsica de nuevo). Y si eres \u201cde los que no lee poes\u00eda\u201d, hazme un favor, lee la primera. Escucha \u201cla ininterrumpida noticia que se forma con el silencio\u201d. &nbsp;Y tras leer las elegias, vuelva releerlas y mira las notas si quieres. El viaje te habr\u00e1 cambiado.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This book is a classic of Western civilization, even though Bloom didn&#8217;t include it in his &#8220;Western Canon.&#8221; The Spanish edition by Barjau in Catedra is magnificent. I&#8217;m grateful to have such meticulous publishers among us. Read one elegy a day, and read it without any inhibitions, forget the footnotes. But you can&#8217;t read it just any day; you need to be in that special state of communion with beauty. Each elegy dissects human battles one by one, death, transcendence. And if you are one of those who \u201cdoesn&#8217;t read poetry,&#8221; do me a favor, read the first one. Listen to &#8221; the unbroken news that takes shape out of silence.&#8221; And after reading the elegies, reread them and look at the notes if you want. The journey will have changed you already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>El tiempo reversible by Francisco Umbral 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ya revis\u00e9 este libro en uno de mis blogs recientes. Es un repaso a l historia de un pa\u00eds desde un sill\u00f3n literario. La historia peque\u00f1a y veraz de una Espa\u00f1a en cambio. \u00a1Absolutamente necesario para entender este pa\u00eds! \u00a1C\u00f3mpralo, aprender\u00e1s espa\u00f1ol y Espa\u00f1a!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I already reviewed this book on one of my recent blogs. It&#8217;s a recent history with an insightful journalistic and literary perspective. The intimate and truthful story of a country in progress? certainly changing. Buy it, you&#8217;ll learn about both Spanish and Spain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Otro a\u00f1o, uno menos\u2026magn\u00edfico a\u00f1o de lectura. La vida es sintaxis, dice Umbral, yo dir\u00eda que es orden en el pensar. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another year, wonderful year of books and ideas. Life is syntax\u2026. Or may be just a rigorous thinking, the maximum expression of humanity, and as such of beauty. 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