Adriana Hunter Libros

Enero de 1939. Frida Kahlo llega a París. André Breton, deslumbrado por sus primeros cuadros, la ha calificado de surrealista y le ha prometido montarle una exposición. La breve estancia de la pintora en la capital francesa sirve para que conozca –y critique ferozmente– los círculos artísticos de la ciudad. También, para exponer en una galería y para que Picasso reconozca su talento único y escriba a Diego Rivera: “Ni tú ni Derain ni yo somos capaces de pintar una cara como las que pinta Frida Kahlo de Rivera”. Corren tiempos difíciles, la guerra civil española se desangra en refugiados que intentan cobijarse en Francia, y en esas semanas, asimismo, Frida ayuda a la causa. Durante su estancia en París es acompañada por Michel Petitjean, el enlace con la galería, al que regala como despedida uno de sus cuadros: El corazón. La obra ocupa un lugar de honor en casa del joven, que siempre recordará con admiración a la artista. Años después Marc Petitjean, hijo de Michel, recibe una inesperada noticia sobre su padre y decide investigar esas vibrantes semanas con Frida Kahlo. Aquella que en su día asegurara a Breton, el Papa del Surrealismo: “Yo no pinto mis sueños, sino mi propia realidad”.

Julia's not running away. Not exactly. She needs a break from Paris and MArc and all the sad stuff that's been going on lately. A little time to pull herself together. The job offer felt like a lifeline. But now that she's back in Biarritz, suitcase in hand, she hasn't the faintest idea what she was thinking. What Julia doesn't yet know is there's more the odds and ends of Ocean View than meet the eye. Behind the double doors lie broken hearts, lifelong secrets, a touch of romance and an unwavering passion for life. And sometimes it's the most unlikely of places and people who help you find your way.

The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stéphan Pélissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his wife, Zéna, in Greece rather than leaving them to undertake a treacherous journey by boat to Italy. Their joy on finding each other quickly turned into a nightmare: Pélissier was arrested as a result of a missing car registration and thrown into prison. Although his relatives were ultimately able to seek asylum—legally—in France, Pélissier had to fight to prove his innocence, and to uphold the values of common humanity and solidarity in which he so strongly believes. I Just Wanted to Save My Family offers a heartrending window into the lives of those displaced by the Syrian civil war and a scathing critique of the often absurd, unfeeling bureaucracies that determine their fates.

Bustle: Best Book of the Month From the critically acclaimed author of The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris, a fascinating, intimate portrait of one of Japan’s most influential and respected textile artists. Writer, filmmaker, and photographer Marc Petitjean finds himself in Kyoto one fine morning with his camera, to film a man who will become his friend: Kunihiko Moriguchi, a master kimono painter and Living National Treasure—like his father before him. As a young decorative arts student in the 1960s, Moriguchi rubbed shoulders with the cultural elite of Paris and befriended Balthus, who would profoundly influence his artistic career. Discouraged by Balthus from pursuing design in Europe, he returned to Japan to take up his father’s vocation. Once back in this world of tradition he had tried to escape, Moriguchi contemporized the craft of Yūzen (resist dyeing) through his innovative use of abstraction in patterns. With a documentarian’s keen eye, Petitjean retraces Moriguchi’s remarkable life, from his childhood during the turbulent 1940s and 50s marked by war, to his prime as an artist with works exhibited in the most prestigious museums in the world.

An eloquent, heartfelt account of a young boy's fight with cancer and of a mother's determination and resilience, which see their family through to his recovery. As her ten-year-old son sits at the kitchen table one evening, Lise Marzouk inspects his mouth and discovers an unusual growth, which doctors later confirm is cancerous. When he is hospitalized at the Curie Institute in Paris for lymphoma treatment, Lise finds herself torn between two worlds, one at his bedside, and the other at home with her two younger children, struggling to maintain a sense of stability in their lives. And so she writes—of their fears and doubts, but also of their moments of tenderness and joy—and through these memories, stories, and reveries, she arrives at a deeper understanding of herself as a woman, a mother, and a writer. Brimming with a rebellious sense of hope, If offers an intimate look at how a mother's love and support enabled her family to come out of a devastating experience stronger and more connected.

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to divorce her. This latest blow followed a long series of betrayals, most painful of all his affair with her beloved younger sister, Cristina, in 1934. In early 1939, anxious and adrift, Kahlo traveled from the United States to France—her only trip to Europe, and the beginning of a unique period of her life when she was enjoying success on her own. Now, for the first time, this previously overlooked part of her story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes the reader to Paris, where Kahlo spends her days alongside luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Dora Maar, and Marcel Duchamp. Using Kahlo’s whirlwind romance with the author’s father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a striking portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.

Ganadora del prestigioso premio Renaudot y elegida Libro del Año por los libreros franceses y la revista Lire, esta novela posee una belleza sombría y seductora que emana tanto del clima misterioso que envuelve la historia como del profundo y descarnado retrato de los personajes que la componen. Diciembre de 1917. En un pequeño pueblo del norte de Francia, el cuerpo sin vida de una hermosa niña aparece flotando en el canal. A la escena del crimen acuden, acompañados por el incesante tronar de los cañones y el acre olor a pólvora de un frente que se desgarra a escasos kilómetros, un policía, un juez instructor y un militar. En este mundo provinciano, el asesinato de Belle suscita innumerables sospechas, despierta viejos rencores y sacude un orden social que se tambalea. Todos los indicios apuntan al fiscal Destinat, un rico aristócrata ya jubilado, pero el juez designará como culpables a dos desertores apresados en las cercanías del lugar del crimen. Sin embargo, la crónica de los hechos, escrita por el policía veinte años después del suceso, invita al lector a descubrir una realidad inesperada. En su implacable relato, donde la emoción aparece retenida por el pudor del narrador, nadie es inocente, y los culpables, de una forma u otra, son también víctimas. El gris es el tono dominante, pero no el gris de la muerte, ni el del duro clima invernal, ni siquiera el de la cobardía, sino el gris en que se desenvuelve la condición humana: la ausencia de certezas absolutas, las sombras, los claroscuros, en suma, el peso rotundo de la duda.

"Esta novela con declarada carga autobiográfica, un éxito impresionante en Francia desde su lanzamiento, cuenta la historia de una joven belga de 22 años, Amélie, que empieza a trabajar en Tokio en una de las mayores compañías mundiales, Yumimoto, quintaesencia de las empresas japonesas. Con estupor y temblores: así es como el emperador del Sol Naciente exigía que sus súbditos se presentaran ante él. En el Japón actual, fuertemente jerarquizado (en el que cada superior es, antes que nada, el inferior de otro), Amélie, afligida por el doble hándicap de ser a la vez mujer y occidental, extraviada en un hormiguero de burócratas y subyugada, además, por la muy japonesa belleza de su superior directa, con la cual tiene unas relaciones de franca perversidad, sufre una cascada de humillaciones. Trabajos absurdos, órdenes dementes, tareas repetitivas, humillaciones grotescas, misiones ingratas, ineptas o delirantes, jefes sádicos: la joven Amélie empieza en contabilidad, luego pasa a servir cafés, a la fotocopiadora y, descendiendo los escalones de la dignidad (aunque con un desapego muy zen), acaba ocupándose de los lavabos... masculinos." -- Provided by publisher

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to divorce her. This latest blow followed a long series of betrayals, most painful of all his affair with her beloved younger sister, Cristina, in 1934. In early 1939, anxious and adrift, Kahlo traveled from the United States to France—her only trip to Europe, and the beginning of a unique period of her life when she was enjoying success on her own. Now, for the first time, this previously overlooked part of her story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes the reader to Paris, where Kahlo spends her days alongside luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Dora Maar, and Marcel Duchamp. Using Kahlo’s whirlwind romance with the author’s father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a striking portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.

New York Times Bestselling and Goncourt Prize-Winning Author of The Anomaly Any man—or woman—who wants to hear nothing—or no more—about love should put this book down. Anna and Louise could be sisters, but they don’t know each other. They are both married with children, and for the most part, they are happy. On almost the same day, Anna, a psychiatrist, crosses paths with Yves, a writer, while Louise, a lawyer, meets Anna’s analyst, Thomas. Love at first sight is still possible for those into their forties and long-married. But when you have already mapped out a life path, a passionate affair can come at a high price. For our four characters, their lives are unexpectedly turned upside down by the deliciously inconvenient arrival of love. For Anna, meeting Yves has brought a flurry of excitement to her life and made her question her values, her reliable husband, and her responsibilities to her children. For Louise, a successful career woman in a stable and comfortable marriage, her routine is uprooted by the youthful passion she feels for Thomas. Thought-provoking, sophisticated, and, above all, amusing, Enough About Love captures the euphoria of desire through tender and unflinching portraits of husbands, wives, and lovers.