Frank MacShane Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Chandler war Amerikaner, Absolvent einer englischen public school , Globetrotter, Gelegenheitsjournalist, Luftwaffenpilot, Buchhalter, Direktor im Ölbusiness, Arbeitsloser. 1933 begann er, noch unter dem Einfluss Dashiell Hammetts, für das Kriminalmagazin Black Mask zu schreiben. Mit fünfzig, 1938, veröffentlichte er seinen ersten Roman, Der große Schlaf , und schuf mit dem Privatdetektiv Philip Marlowe eine Kultfigur für Krimileser und Cineasten. Was folgte, waren Filmangebote, Hollywood und sehr viel Whisky. Der unglaubliche Lebenslauf des brillantesten aller amerikanischen Kriminalautoren, erzählt in einer fesselnden Biographie.

In letters written between 1937 and 1959, Chandler comments on his work and characters, fellow mystery and detective fiction writers, world events, and life in California

Miguel Serrano (1917-2009), a prolific writer and diplomat, spent about ten years representing Chile in India as an ambassador. He took advantage of his position to explore the Indian continent and visit its masters while pursuing a spiritual path that included the practice of tantric yoga. The Serpent of Paradise, the story of a pilgrimage in India, is a partially fictionalized account of the encounter between a Latin American with strong gnostic tendencies and the most radical practice of Hinduism.

Miguel Serrano, a Chilean diplomat and writer who has travelled widely in India studying Yoga, had a close friendship with Jung and Hesse at the end of their lives. This book is the outcome of his meetings and correspondence with them. Many letters are reproduced including documents of great importance written to the author by Jung shortly before his death, explaining his ideas about the nature of the world and of his work.