Cathedral of the Sea - Rilegato

Falcones, Ildefonso

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0525950486 ISBN 13: 9780525950486

Casa editrice: E P Dutton, 2008

Riassunto

An English-language translation of a best-selling work in Spain follows the fortunes of the Estanyol family in medieval Barcelona, whose rise from peasantry is marked by their stoneworker son's role in building the Santa Maria del Mar cathedral and his forbidden love for a Jewish woman. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“With Cathedral of the Sea, Ildefonso Falcones dethrones Eduardo Mendoza and Arturo Perez Reverte . . . and has become Spain’s new Dan Brown.”
—El Mundo

L'autore:

Ildefonso Falcones works as a lawyer. First published in Spain, where it has become a publishing phenomenon, translation rights for Cathedral of the Sea have been sold in thirty-two countries. It has won many prizes, including the Euskadi de Plata 2006 for the best novel in Spanish, the Qué Leer 2007 Prize for the best book, and the prestigious Italian Giovanni Boccaccio 2007 award for best foreign author. Nick Caistor is an award-winning translator of more than thirty books from Spain and Latin America. He has edited the Faber Book of Contemporary Latin American Fiction and has translated other Barcelona-based writers such as Eduardo Mendoza, Juan Marsé, and Manuel Vázquez Montalban.

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• Editore: E P Dutton
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0525950486
• ISBN 13: 9780525950486
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 611