On our date with the books, we looked at Spielberg. The iconography of Jaws, ET, the Extraterrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jurassic Park It is part of our memory.
A tour of Spielberg’s cinema, its sources of inspiration and its iconography
Jaws, Jurassic Park, the moving retellings of Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, ET the Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Color Purple and Minority Report. Steven Spielberg’s cinema has been linked to our memory since childhood. Film journalist Ian Nathan traces the director’s enormous career, highlights his artistic qualities and reveals the multiple layers of his filmography. The author brings us closer to his sources of inspiration, his interpretations, nuances and the recurring themes of his filmography. It is published on November 13. ‘Steven Spielberg’. Ian Nathan. Dome Books. 176 pages. Price: €31.95.
Eight cursed rubies, the legend that links Seville with the city of Venice
after delivery The congregation of GranadaJulio Vera delves into the mystery genre with a new plot with two historical settings: Seville and Venice. The capital of Seville and the city of canals, united by the legend that links the eight cursed rubies that belonged to the Empress Isabel with the Doge of Venice. From the narrow streets of the Arenal neighborhood to the canals of La Serenissima, we reach the enigmatic brotherhood of the guardians of San Rocco, in charge of protecting the cursed rubies for centuries. ‘The secrets of the Serenissima’. Julio Vera García. Almuzara Editorial. 480 pages. Price: €22.75
The moving story of an altar boy from Montserrat during the Civil War
When the Civil War breaks out in 1936, Benet, an 11-year-old orphan, stays in the Montserrat choir while the monks and altar boys leave the mountain. Benet is welcomed by Carles Gerhard, the commissioner of Montserrat. During the war, the abbey was transformed into a hospital, printing press, cultural center and refuge by order of the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia. Benet becomes a direct witness of many episodes that occur in Montserrat. A novel of adventures, loves and discoveries. ‘The treasure mountain’. Martí Gironell. Destino Editorial. 272 pages. Price: €21.90
Undertake: from asking for food checks to managing millions
Odyssey of the president and founder of Ly Company Group and Ly Holding Capital, Curro Rodríguez, a tenacious businessman who started selling snails. From there, he embarked on a path that took him to the fish and seafood and bottled water industries. After decades of tireless work, he has founded more than 30 companies and manages billions of euros. A journey born from real experience on the business and personal battlefield, where impostor syndrome and the inevitable management of failure are constant travel companions. ‘The learner’. Curro Rodríguez. LID Publishing. 176 pages. Price: €21.80
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