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In 2007 an English translation of Nada by Edith Grossman was published. [10] In Bookmarks May/June 2007 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.5 out of 5) with the summary stating, "The Los Angeles Times sums up general sentiment: " Nada a coming-of-age novel, but it’s also a work of genius, small ...
Carmen Laforet ( Barcelona 6 September 1921 – Madrid, 28 February 2004) was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature and her first novel Nada continued the Spanish tremendismo literary style begun by Camilo José Cela ...
"Mas que Nada" (Portuguese pronunciation: [ma(j)s ki ˈnadɐ]) is a song written and originally recorded in 1963 by Jorge Ben (currently known as Jorge Ben Jor) on his debut album Samba Esquema Novo. The song was covered in 1966 by Sérgio Mendes , becoming one of the latter's signature works.
Pastel de nata ( Portuguese: [pɐʃˈtɛl dɨ ˈnatɐ]; pl.: pastéis de nata; Portuguese: [pɐʃˈtɐjʒ ðɨ-] )) is a Portuguese egg custard tart pastry, optionally dusted with cinnamon. [1] Outside Portugal, they are particularly popular in other parts of Western Europe, Asia and former Portuguese colonies, such as Brazil, Mozambique, Macau ...
Jean-Patrick Manchette (19 December 1942, Marseille – 3 June 1995, Paris [1]) was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties, and is widely recognized as the foremost French crime fiction author of that period. His stories are violent ...
Ma che freddo fa. " Ma che freddo fa " is a 1969 song composed by Claudio Mattone (music) and Franco Migliacci (lyrics). The song premiered at the 19th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with a double performance of Nada and The Rokes, placing at the fifth place. The first verses include a citation of Donovan 's "Laléna".
The Nadabindu Upanishad ( Sanskrit: नादबिन्दु उपनिषत्, IAST: Nādabindu Upaniṣad) is an ancient Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. [5] [6] [7] It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. [8] It also known as Amrita Nada Bindu Upanishad. ( Sanskrit ...
Nada is an Arabic word for the dewdrops in the morning and, as such, a poetic metaphor for the concept of generosity, another possible translation of the same word. [2] It is also probable that the name is a reference to the Portuguese word meaning "nothing" because Haggard was introduced to that idiom while living in South Africa. [3]