Men Explain Things To me

Serrano, Beatriz

Life can't go on like this - can it? This book is for everyone who has ever wanted more: more time, more meaning, more connection.On the surface, Marisa's life looks enviable. She lives in a nice apartment in the heart of Madrid, her friendly neighbour and lover Pablo lives downstairs, and she's risen quickly through the ranks at a successful advertising agency.And yet Marisa h...

Duhnam, Lena

In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.For the last decade, as she's spent countless hours in doctor's waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, ...

July, Miranda

A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey. Miranda July´s second novel confirms the brilliance of her ...

Feito, Virginia

"Sensationally unhinged" - SUNDAY TIMES"Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny" - CATRIONA WARD""Weird and wonderful" - LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIANWinifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She'll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But the long...

Alice Oseman

harlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance.But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised.By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize,...

Roig, Montserrat

Spring, 1974. After twelve years abroad, Natàlia Miralpeix returns to Barcelona and her family. Change is in the air: revolution sexual, political and artistic is simmering. Franco may still be in power, but his death is only two years away. The younger generation write poetry, listen to Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and talk of a freer future. The older generation, though, ca...

Solnit, Rebecca

Experiencia personal de cómo los hombres muestran una autoridad que no se han ganado, mientras que las mujeres han sido enseñadas a aceptar esa realidad sin cuestionarla.Mansplaining es un término en inglés que es una conjunción cómica entre man (hombre) y explaining (explica). Rebecca Solnit narra la experiencia que tuvo en una cena en la que un hombre se puso a contarle sobre...

Solnit, Rebecca

La autora de Los hombres me explican cosas y Wanderlust vuelve con un libro lleno de sabiduría y lucidez: una llamada a la reflexión y a una vida alternativa. «Para Solnit, la esperanza no es una garantía para el mañana, sino el detonador para la acción de hoy».John Berger ¿Qué puede enseñarnos un violín de trescientos años sobre nuestros bosques? ¿Cuáles son los matices del h...

Solnit, Rebecca

La premiada autora de Los hombres me explican cosas y «voz de la resistencia» (TheNew York Times Magazine) reflexiona sobre el #MeToo y el estado actual del feminismo: un libro urgente, necesario y lleno de esperanza. «Para Solnit, la esperanza no es una garantía para el mañana, sino un detonador para la acción de hoy». John Berger ¿Quién decide lo que consideramos verdadero? ¿...

Solnit, Rebecca

Escrito como una serie de ensayos autobiográficos, ‘Una guía sobre el arte de perderse' se basa en momentos y relaciones emblemáticos en la vida de Rebecca Solnit para explorar la incertidumbre, la confianza, la pérdida, la memoria, el deseo y los lugares. Si bien es profundamente personal, sus propias historias se vinculan con historias más grandes, desde narraciones en cautiv...