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"Bowie: Una Biografía" by María Hesse

For most of us, David Bowie is a collection of icons: the lightning bolt, the space suit, the mismatched eyes. We know the "skin" of the legend, but María Hesse’s illustrated biography manages to peel that back. While it isn’t an exhaustive, it is something much more evocative. It’s a sensory journey through the life of a man who was constantly reinventing what it meant to be human. The book flows chronologically but feels like a series of "reincarnations." Here is how the journey breaks down: A...