Carlos M. N. Eire Knihy

V roce 1962 se jedenáctiletý Carlos Eire stal jedním ze čtrnácti tisíc dětí, které byly v rámci operace Pedro Pan převezeny letadlem do Spojených států. Rodiče zůstali na Kubě. Jeho dětství je námětem této knihy – hořkých, srdcervoucích a opojně krásných vzpomínek na roky života strávené v privilegované kubánské domácnosti – a na kubánskou revoluci, jež ho učinila vyhnancem z vlastního dětství. To dětství bylo až do chvíle, kdy se jeho svět změnil, stejně bezstarostné a stejně plné obav jako dětství kohokoli jiného – jen s malými exotickými rozdíly. Jeho otec, soudce a posedlý sběratel umění a starožitností, je přesvědčený o tom, že byl v minulém životě Ludvíkem XVI. a že jeho žena byla Marií Antoinettou. Jeho matka však hledí do budoucnosti a touží po tom, aby její děti byly moderní – tedy aby obdivovaly všechno, co přichází z Ameriky. Starší bratr popravuje ještěrky elektrickým proudem. Carlos, obklopený výstředními osobnostmi a žijící v domě přeplněném portréty Ježíše, který se mu zjevuje ve snech, hledá tajné důkazy Boží existence. V roce 1959 však prezident Batista náhle mizí a na jeho místo nastupuje partyzán jménem Castro, který kouří doutníky a ruší Vánoce. Přestřelky vojenských jednotek jsou slyšet odevšad. A autorovi spolužáci začínají jeden po druhém mizet – jsou tajně odváženi do Spojených států. I Carlos tam nakonec skončí a svého otce už nikdy nespatří.

TWENTY-THREE. The Age of Devils -- TWENTY-FOUR. The Age of Reasonable Doubt -- TWENTY-FIVE. The Age of Outcomes -- TWENTY-SIX. The Spirit of the Age -- EPILOGUE. Assessing the Reformations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z

In the second decade of the sixteenth century medieval piety suddenly began to be attacked in some places as 'idolatry', or false religion. This study calls attention to the importance of the idolatry issue during the Reformation.

Focusing on Spanish attitudes toward death and the afterlife during the Counter-Reformation, this study explores sixteenth-century Madrid's death rituals through testaments and examines the "good" deaths of figures like King Philip II and St. Teresa of Avila. It delves into Spanish Catholic piety amidst significant cultural transformations, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods. By analyzing the interplay between popular piety and elite theology, it situates Spanish beliefs within the broader context of the European Reformation and attitudes toward death.

A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other-but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear-spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died-and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn.

The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its troubled origins, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics, philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the most inspiring religious books of all time? National Book Award winner Carlos Eire tells the story of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece, examining its composition and reception in the sixteenth century, the various ways its mystical teachings have been interpreted and reinterpreted across time, and its enduring influence in our own secular age. The Life became an iconic text of the Counter-Reformation, was revered in Franco's Spain, and has gone on to be read as a feminist manifesto, a literary work, and even as a secular text. But as Eire demonstrates in this vibrant and evocative book, Teresa's confession is a cry from the heart to God and an audacious portrayal of mystical theology as a search for love. Here is the essential companion to the Life, one woman's testimony to the reality of mystical experience and a timeless affirmation of the ultimate triumph of good over evil

Exploring the complex concept of eternity, the book offers a dynamic examination of how our perceptions of the future, present, and past have evolved. Carlos Eire combines scholarly insight with engaging narrative to illuminate the philosophical and historical dimensions of this profound idea, encouraging readers to rethink their understanding of time and existence.

An award-winning historian’s examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance

"Nieve en La Habana" es un conmovedor relato de Carlos Eire, quien, exiliado de Cuba a los 11 años, evoca su infancia en un paraíso perdido. A través de sus memorias, refleja la transformación de su hogar en una isla de condena tras la llegada de Fidel Castro, capturando la lucha y el espíritu de los cubanos en el exilio.