Books

We are made for beauty, and beauty is made for us. Beauty heals the soul, brings us closer to the supernatural, and brings us lasting happiness.

Adventure novels that make me think about the meaning of my existence.

Tragedy written by the Greek playwright Euripides. It is a song full of drama for the consequences of the Trojan War. It contains wisdom that we should learn from today.

Everyone in this life plays a role. The important thing is not the role itself, but how we represent it.

The best work of Dumas, and is often included in the lists of the best novels of all time.
It deals mainly with issues associated with justice, revenge, mercy and forgiveness.

On the outside the hedgehog is covered with spikes, a true strength; but on the inside they are tremendously solitary and… terribly elegant. Appearances sometimes are deceptive.

Vasili Grossman enters one of the darkest and most tragic periods of the twentieth century, a time that begins with Lenin, continues with Stalin and ends in that destiny that is born from the bones of a lost generation. We have to learn from history.

This book gave a “turn of the wheel” to my life. It was the discovery of spirituality in my life. I’m still thinking about it: it’s my bedside book.

During the winter of 1975 in Kabul life developed with all its intensity, unaware that one of the bloodiest periods that the millenary peoples that inhabited it have endured is approaching. I must confess that I cried when I read this novel.

In this masterful novel, Sándor Márai proposes the search for truth as a liberating force, as an essential ethical support to bear the weight of a life.

I must confess that I have read this book twice. I have dreamed of the scenes, and I have meditated passages and sentences. I have learned a lot from the teachings in the book.

With some women she founded the first women’s movement in the USSR. She ended up being expelled from the country in 1980. I was shocked by her description of the Western world …

It is the most famous novel written in the Spanish language, which contains a lot of popular wisdom. You really enjoy reading it in Spanish.

I have really enjoyed reading this novel, in which you can appreciate two different worlds, and two people who love each other beyond social conditioning.

Satirical novel, published in 1945, and which perfectly reflects the fallacy of Communism.

A novel shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Very well written: I really enjoyed reading it, and I highly recommend it.

Stimulating account of a memorable journey from Shinto and Atheism to the Catholic faith. Nagai spent his life healing physically and spiritually a population ravaged by World War II. I have visited his home in Nagasaki – an exciting place.

A recommended novel to understand the contrast between two civilizations

They are homilies written by Saint Josemaría, “the saint of ordinary life”, which have helped me to see God hidden behind everyday and ordinary realities.