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La vida te da sorpresas / Life's Little Surprises (Spanish Edition) - 9780593311127

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Rubén Blades
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    448
    Publisher:
    PRH Grupo Editorial (June 8, 2027)
    Imprint:
    Vintage Espanol
    Release Date:
    June 8, 2027
    Language:
    Spanish
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9780593311127
    ISBN-10:
    0593311124
    Weight:
    13oz
    Dimensions:
    6" x 9"
    File:
    RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_full_active_D20260405T171353_155746862-20260405.xml
    Folder:
    RandomHouse
    List Price:
    $21.95
    Country of Origin:
    Spain
    Pub Discount:
    65
    Case Pack:
    24
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    $16.90
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-RH
    Discount Code:
    A
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  • Overview

    La vida y obra de una leyenda viva, el cantante y compositor más exitoso e influyente de los últimos cincuenta años en todo el mundo de habla hispana, que además resulta ser un aclamado actor de Hollywood y Broadway, graduado de la Escuela de Leyes de Harvard, con una maestría en derecho internacional y activista político que se postuló para la presidencia de su natal Panamá.

    Blades ha tenido una vida plena, y la cuenta con un brío contagioso, con honestidad y carisma.

    Escribe sobre su madre, cubana, niña prodigio en la música y actriz de radio, y sobre su padre, nacido en Colombia, percusionista y oficial de la policía secreta. También cuenta su llegada a la Ciudad de Nueva York desde Panamá en la década de 1970, y su auge como referente en los Fania-All Stars, en sus años de gloria de la salsa.

    Blades da detalles de su productiva y luego tensa colaboración con el gran trombonista y cantante Willie Colón, la cual derivó en el lanzamiento de Siembra, el álbum de salsa mejor vendido de todos los tiempos. Siembra vendió millones de copias y cada una de sus pistas se volvió un éxito, incluyendo “Pedro Navaja”, inspirada en “Mack the Knife” de Kurt Weil. Cuenta cómo se rehusó a que encasillen su música, lo que sentó las bases para su inventivo y ecléctico lanzamiento como solista en 1983 con Buscando América, uno de los mejores álbumes de la década.

    Mientras habla de cómo abrazó otros géneros musicales populares, ofrece detalles sobre sus colaboraciones con Linda Ronstadt, Sting, Elvis Costello y Wynton Marsalis. Comenta sobre su carrera como actor y sus papeles en películas como Depredador 2, El color de la noche, Protegiendo al enemigo y Manos de piedra, y sobre sus actuaciones en La historia de Josephine Baker, Loca del corazón y El milagro de Maldonado, por las cuales recibió nominaciones al Emmy.

    Blades también escribe sobre su activismo político: su postura contra el imperialismo de Estados Unidos, evidente en su canción "Tiburón", de 1981, le ganó también varias denuncias de los cubanos anti-Castro de la Florida. Sobre la creación de un partido político progresista en Panamá, también cuenta, y de cómo se postuló como candidato a la presidencia, quedando en tercer lugar, con 20% de los votos.

    ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

    The life and times of a living legend, the most successful and influential singer/songwriter of the past fifty years throughout the Spanish-speaking world, who also happens to be an acclaimed Hollywood and Broadway actor, a Harvard Law School graduate with a Master’s degree in international law, and a political activist who ran for president in his native Panama.

    Blades has lived a life in full, and he tells of it with infectious brio, honesty, and wit:

    He writes about his mother, a Cuban child prodigy musician and radio drama actress, and his father, who was born in Colombia and was a percussionist and officer of the secret police. He also writes about his arrival in New York City from Panama in the 1970s and his rise as a leading light among the Fania-All Stars in salsa’s glory years.

    Blades writes about his initially productive and ultimately fraught collaborations with the great trombonist/singer Willie Colón, which resulted in the release of Siembra, the best-selling salsa album of all time. It sold millions of copies, and every track became a hit throughout Latin America and the Spanish speaking world, including "Pedro Navaja," his best-known song, which was inspired by Kurt Weil’s "Mack the Knife." He talks about his refusal to allow his music to be pigeonholed, which set the stage for his inventive and eclectic 1983 solo breakout, Buscando América, one of the great albums of that decade.

    He writes about his embrace of other popular musical genres and his collaborations with Linda Ronstadt, Sting, Elvis Costello, and Wynton Marsalis. He discusses his acting career and his appearances in films such as Predator 2, Color of Night, Safe House, and Hands of Stone, and about his performances in The Josephine Baker Story, Crazy from the Heart, and The Maldonado Miracle, for which he received Emmy nominations.

    Finally, Blades writes about his own political activism: his stance against American imperialism, which is most evident in his 1981 song “Tiburón” (Spanish for “shark”), his denunciation by anti-Castro Cubans in Florida, and his creation of a progressive political party in Panama under whose banner he made a run for president, in which he came in third place with 20% of votes.