The Painter of Battles - Rilegato

Perez-Reverte, Arturo

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ISBN 10: 1400065984 ISBN 13: 9781400065981

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2008

Riassunto

Abandoning the battlefield to seek refuge in an ancient tower on the Spanish coast, famed war photographer Andres Faulques spends his time in isolation, exorcising his demons by painting murals containing images of human conflict, until his solitude is interrupted by a man whose life had been altered forever by one of Faulques's images and who plans to kill the photographer responsible. 75,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“[Pérez-Reverte’s] best book yet . . . a game of mental chess, an excursion into art, history and imagination.”
–The Times (London)

“A remarkable achievement. Not only does the clash of ideas and emotions echo after you have turned the last page–this novel will change what you see in images from datelines around the world.”
–Scott Simon, author of Pretty Birds

“Arturo Pérez-Reverte has established himself as the master of the intellectual thriller.”
–Chicago Tribune

“[A] taut literary thriller [with] meticulous detail and dark, brooding tone.”
–Publishers Weekly

“A gripping story of war, cruelty, testimony, and the past . . . Arturo Pérez-Reverte is the great European storyteller of the 21st century.”
–Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin

“Reminds American readers of the sublime rhetoric of Faulkner and how such passages in the hands of a master can add to the momentum of the story.”
–San Francisco Chronicle

“A tour de force [that] explores the great themes of human existence.”
–The Australian
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s bestselling books, including The Club Dumas, The Flanders Panel, The Seville Communion, and the Captain Alatriste series, have been translated into thirty-four languages in fifty countries and have sold millions of copies. Pérez-Reverte was born in 1951 in Cartagena, Spain, and now lives in Madrid, where he was recently elected to the Spanish Royal Academy. A retired war journalist, he covered conflicts in Angola, Bosnia, Croatia, El Salvador, Lebanon, Libya, Nicaragua, Romania, the Persian Gulf, and Sudan, among others. He now writes fiction full-time.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1400065984
• ISBN 13: 9781400065981
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 211