LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

My new book is out: Literatura en lengua Inglesa I , published by  Editatum, Madrid, Spain, 2023. The title refers to literature written in the English language, regardless of geography. This first volume deals with British and American writers, but the coming ones will include Australians, South Africans, Irish, and even Jamaicans. This effort of mine is not truly a history of literature of the English peoples, but rather my vision and experiences with my readings in the English language. It is a very personal account and reflection on writers from Beowulf to Thakeray, in this first volume. I told the publisher that I would have to write another book after this one, but now I know that I will have to make it a trilogy that will include all English-speaking writers I have come across in my long life. Take a look and reach out if you have any comments. 

We have milestones in our lives, milestones we remember and treasure. I have many intellectual milestones I often remember and always treasure. On Fridays, my two daughters and I used to go to Oxford Bookstore in Madrid, Paseo de la Habana, and buy books to read over the weekend. I acquired many exciting titles from Penguin Books , which we still have. In that bookstore, I was able to discover new British authors. Reviewing some of my books today, I discovered two that I loved: Memento Mori and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie , by a Scottish woman, Muriel Spark (1918-2006). I recommend both titles and the writer who brings fond memories of a gone-by era in my life.