Dear Friends
Monday March 7, 2011 at 19:00 , will be presented book Robespierre's smile of Juan Van-Halen , published by Editions Sial, at the Institute for Historical Studies CEU (C /. Carrera de San Francisco, 2. 28005 Madrid. Tel .: 91 354 July 1918).
Speakers at the event:
Bouillon Alfonso Mendoza , Professor of History and director of the Institute for Historical Studies CEU,
Albiac Gabriel, Professor of Philosophy of UCM and foreword of the book,
Basilio Rodríguez Cañada , Editor and President of the PEN Club of Spain
and Juan Van-Halen , author of the book.
I hope. Sial
Editions
C /. Bravo Murillo, 123, 3. º Left.
28020 Madrid Phone: 91 535 41 13 - Fax: 91 535 70 53
Email: Web
prensa@sialedicion.es: http://www.sialediciones.es/
Monday March 7, 2011 at 19:00 , will be presented book Robespierre's smile of Juan Van-Halen , published by Editions Sial, at the Institute for Historical Studies CEU (C /. Carrera de San Francisco, 2. 28005 Madrid. Tel .: 91 354 July 1918).
Speakers at the event:
Bouillon Alfonso Mendoza , Professor of History and director of the Institute for Historical Studies CEU,
Albiac Gabriel, Professor of Philosophy of UCM and foreword of the book,
Basilio Rodríguez Cañada , Editor and President of the PEN Club of Spain
and Juan Van-Halen , author of the book.
I hope. Sial
Editions
C /. Bravo Murillo, 123, 3. º Left.
28020 Madrid Phone: 91 535 41 13 - Fax: 91 535 70 53
Email: Web
prensa@sialedicion.es: http://www.sialediciones.es/
Juan Van-Halen (Torrelodones, Madrid). He was director of media and war correspondent in Vietnam, Suez and Pakistan. Author of over fifty books of poetry, literary essays and historical tours and storytelling. He has received awards in several of these genres. Corresponding Academic History and Fine Arts of San Fernando, is academic in Spain of the American Academy of English Language and academic honor Corporations Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, and Dominican Republic. President of the Association of Writers and Artists English, founded in 1871. Doctor honoris causa (Philosophy), University of Alcalá.
Robespierre's smile
Juan Van-Halen pinpoints in Robespierre's smile everyday life as a politician who read in a couple of decades, you can not but apparently an ingenious exercise of literature of the absurd. Because the characters are impossible to govern us. Because people like to go through these pages: Zapatero, Rubalcaba, Jiménez, Aido, White, Pajín, Gomez ... a pamphlet would be excessive in burlesque. Because their policy measures would make the joy of a madhouse. And yet, that's what we are experiencing. As normal. During more than six years on the edge of ruin.
Van Halen, day by day, over almost two years, has been carefully noting that madness. This madness, as most abominable perhaps the perfect impunity with which anyone who sends lies: lies, "says him, referring to De Quincey, "considered one of the fine arts." Required, to tackle the pervasive world of the trivial and the counterfeit, ironic intelligence not only a super fast writing. It requires great strength of mind, especially. It's hard to look out the political reality every day and not die of boredom at the sight of so much power-laden fool. Required method, craft, patience. And that smile indispensable to the darkest times, which we take from Plato called writing. Gabriel
Albiac
Robespierre's smile
Juan Van-Halen pinpoints in Robespierre's smile everyday life as a politician who read in a couple of decades, you can not but apparently an ingenious exercise of literature of the absurd. Because the characters are impossible to govern us. Because people like to go through these pages: Zapatero, Rubalcaba, Jiménez, Aido, White, Pajín, Gomez ... a pamphlet would be excessive in burlesque. Because their policy measures would make the joy of a madhouse. And yet, that's what we are experiencing. As normal. During more than six years on the edge of ruin.
Van Halen, day by day, over almost two years, has been carefully noting that madness. This madness, as most abominable perhaps the perfect impunity with which anyone who sends lies: lies, "says him, referring to De Quincey, "considered one of the fine arts." Required, to tackle the pervasive world of the trivial and the counterfeit, ironic intelligence not only a super fast writing. It requires great strength of mind, especially. It's hard to look out the political reality every day and not die of boredom at the sight of so much power-laden fool. Required method, craft, patience. And that smile indispensable to the darkest times, which we take from Plato called writing. Gabriel
Albiac
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