{"product_id":"9788417200503","title":"FEET FIRST","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFEET FIRST\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brave, lucid, and humorous testament on coming to terms with one's own death. Carlos Canals, a man destined to be a writer who resisted until the very end, gives us the diary of his final year of life. Without excess or theatrics, this brief and unfinished work offers a generous and powerful account that invites reflection on life, death, and the power of the word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the personal diary of Carlos Canals during his last year of life, a period in which the author decides to face his own death with a mixture of courage, lucidity, and a surprising sense of humor. Through its pages, the reader accompanies the author on a process of assimilation and farewell, where writing becomes the vehicle to express fears, reflections, and moments of everyday beauty. It is a work that, although brief and unfinished, achieves a forcefulness and clarity that make it a unique and deeply human testimony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe acceptance of death and the process of saying goodbye.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWriting as a tool for resistance and expression.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eHumor as a resource for facing adversity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe struggle between literary vocation and the resistance to practicing it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe brevity and fragility of life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed at readers interested in personal diaries, memoirs, and intimate testimonies that address death with honesty and without sentimentality. It is also recommended for those seeking a profound reflection on the meaning of life and the power of writing as catharsis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA lucid, unadorned perspective on the dying process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn example of how humor can coexist with the seriousness of death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA reflection on literary vocation and the act of writing as a vital necessity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA brief yet intense testimony that invites one to value the present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Carlos Canals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Sloper, S.L\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: Diaries, letters and logs, memoirs, literary essays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCollection: La noche polar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: November 2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of pages: 100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 156 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA work that, despite its brevity, achieves uncommon intensity and honesty. Carlos Canals offers a sincere and uncompromising testimony about the end of life, far from dramatism and charged with a lucidity that invites reflection. Ideal for those seeking an intimate and profound reading, with a tone that combines the seriousness of the subject with a subtle and liberating humor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SLOPER, S.L","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407442108763,"sku":"9788417200503","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978841720050.jpg?v=1781856021","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788417200503","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}