Etiqueta: First love
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The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo (El libro secreto de Frida Kahlo)
A story full of colors and flavors. Frida is Mexico itself. After "dying" for the first time in a terrible car accident, Frida Kahlo reaches an agreement with her godmother, Death. In exchange for Frida preparing an offering in the form of a banquet for her every year on the Day of the Dead, Death allows her to live. Frida wrote down the recipes for each banquet dedicated to Saint Death in a black notebook she called “The Book of Holy Herbs”. The day this notebook was to be shown to the public for the first time in an exhibition at the Palace of Fine Arts, it disappeared. Haghenbeck imagines that this notebook was a gift from the other great Mexican female icon, Tina Modotti (Frida Kahlo's lover), after the accident. The author narrates in first person the life of Kahlo, a free, authentic and controversial woman who broke stereotypes with her beauty and celebrated her Mexican identity in all areas. It delves into her decisions, thoughts and secrets, with a constant presence of death through two characters, The Messenger, represented by the revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata, and her Godmother, Death, who warns Kahlo that she will die the day her rooster Cui-cui-ri stops crowing. In an intimate and personal way, it reconstructs the most important passages of Kahlo's life, including her childhood, full of suffering and illness, and the accident she had in her youth, which caused injuries from which she never recovered, and which impregnated so much of her art. It also deals with her revolutionary interest in politics and her friendships and adventures with several of the most influential personalities of the time, such as Leon Trotsky and Georgia O'Keeffe, among others. It explores her complex relationship with Diego Rivera, her infidelities, her pregnancy and subsequent loss of the baby, her life in the United States, her divorce and her return. One day, Frida Kahlo orders her rooster Cui-cui-ri to be cooked. That same day, she dies. RELEVANT DATA: The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo is a novel inspired by the life of the Mexican artist. F.G. Haghenbeck takes the disappearance of The Book of Holy Herbs as the starting point for a journey through the life and thoughts of the Mexican artist, with a touch of magical realism and seasoned with Mexican gastronomy. The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo was a finalist in the International Latino Book Awards and winner of the Gourmand Award in France, making him the first Latin American writer to receive this distinction.? …
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Saga You (Saga Tú)
Forever You | Just You | Just You Forever Eternally You | Only you | Infinitely You You never forget your first love. The You saga introduces us to four intertwined love stories in which the protagonists are united by family ties or friendship. Each installment focuses on a couple. Britt had to watch as the love of her teenage years, Dennis, married another woman. On top of that, it's impossible for her to let him out of her sight because he is a professional soccer player and appears in magazines and on tabloids. Ten years later, she has rebuilt her life, but meeting him again turns her world upside down and the feelings of the past reappear. Both will have to evolve to reconnect: Britt will have to believe in love again, while Dennis must overcome his fears. Abigail is a young writer who has just gotten out of a toxic relationship. Now she has set out to take control of her life. She is ready to return to her job at Killiam's publishing house, the man she is in love with. But Killiam still has feelings for his ex-fiancée, Natasha, who is fighting to get him back. Despite that, meeting Abigail again makes him doubtful and Abigail will do everything she can to build a future with Killiam. Some time later, Britt finally has everything she's ever dreamed of: a beautiful son and a husband she loves with all her heart. But everything is shaken when Dennis gets an offer to play soccer in another country. Britt must evaluate the situation and make a decision, because leaving with him means giving up everything and starting a new life far from everything she knows. Meanwhile, Abigail and Killiam's relationship has strengthened and they have become engaged. However, they see each other less and less due to work. She has to juggle her work as a writer with that of the publishing house, rarely ever getting time for herself. Killiam, on the other hand, spends his days traveling in search of promising writers to help him promote his publishing house. Abigail and Killiam will not only have to save the publishing house, but also recover their relationship. Seven years after the summer of their lives, when they were teenagers, Killiam's sister Maddie and Britt's brother Leo meet again. This time, it's on a movie set. Leo has become a movie star and Maddie must do his make-up. They both believed they had moved on from their relationship, …
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The Bergerac Syndrome (El síndrome de Bergerac)
A heroic adventure. A tremendous outpouring of talent and energy. “I was an average girl no different from the others. I went to school, I argued with my parents, I loved my friends unconditionally and, occasionally, I would fall in love with someone I should not have, just like everyone else. There was nothing…
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The Edge of your Skin (El filo de tu piel)
I'm going to fall in love with you like a fool. “I'm going to fall in love with you like a fool. That's the first thing I think as soon as I see you walk in. And I wasn't wrong. Not in the slightest…" Diego Valderrama is a middle-class Latin American…
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The Wild Book (El libro salvaje) (Film)
The hunt for a wild slippery book that keeps a secret only for the eyes of the one who finds it. Juan is a 13-year-old boy who lives with his younger sister, and his parents. After their divorce, the mother sends Juan to spend two weeks at his uncle’s Tito mansion, to help him clear…
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Sabela of Cambados (Sabela de cambados)
Summer break is over and Eduardo, son of the Marquis of Soñeiro, goes back to Santiago de Compostela to resume his studies. Back in his family residence, he is waived goodbye by Sabela, his mother, and Tonucha, an orphan picked up by the family with whom Eduardo has planned to marry once he finishes his…
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Letter from an unknown woman (Carta de una desconocida)
Letter from an Unknown Woman follows the life of a woman without name, who is tormented by the existence of a famous pianist, with whom she was in love since her childhood and from whom she never has received any letter. THEMES: Impossible Love, Frustration, Obsession, First Love, Heartbreak GENRE: Drama RELEVANT FACTS: The story…
