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Cargando... The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (1992)por Louis de Bernières
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The ones we love never leave us, even if they die; the state is a burdensome bureaucracy rumbling somewhere in the distance; being ordained by the church does not a holy man make; there is a case to be made for spiritual sanity; de Bernieres explores these ideas in what I thought was the first of his South American books, but in fact is the second, or third. Senior Vivo and the Coca Lords is the first and I therefore already know the ending. I'm happy to read it, however, because if it's anything like this luminous tale of the good and evil man can't help but impart to others, tinged with unexplained magic accepted as if it were normal, shot through with humor both subtle and hyperbolic, I will be more than happy with it. Shifting gears into the denouement, however, the plot hiccups and stalls, but not for too long, and his writing is so captivating that one barely notices it. de Bernieres can really write a novel. ( ) The third and final installment in this author’s “Latin American Trilogy” returns to the village of Cochadebajo, in the mountains of an unnamed South American country (presumably Columbia). Many of the characters from earlier novels reappear, including Dionisio Vivo, the General, the President, various rebels, and the giant panthers. De Bernières also gives us a demented Cardinal and his horde of fanatical followers, bent on destroying those who refuse to adhere to their version of the faith. I love these books. I love his clever writing and vivid imagery, the outlandish plot points, and outrageous scenarios. While I am not a great fan of satire, I enjoy this kind of novel which satirizes and skewers political and religious fervor run amok. There are passages that had me laughing aloud, and others that completely horrified me. The reader who can suspend disbelief and tolerate a great deal of magical occurrences will be delighted. However, I definitely recommend you begin with the first book in the trilogy: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts. Durante la lettura è inevitabile il paragone con Marquéz o Isabel Allende. Bernières è diverso; minore, senz'altro. Non nella fantasia, che dimostra di avere tanta ed inesauribile; non nell'ironia, che senz'altro è ben distribuita ed è un basso continuo nella lettura del libro. Non nel realismo: le scene cruente e la perdita di Cristobal sono refoli gelidi per le emozioni. In cosa dunque sarebbe minore? Forse nella magia: nella lettura non ho trovato il fascino di altri grandi scrittori i cui libri hanno formato la mia sensibilità circa la letteratura dell'America Latina - i due citati prima, Amado, Scorza... Sara' forse perche' lui e' inglese? Puo' darsi... Rimane pur sempre un ottimo libro di un ottimo autore. Tant'e' che ne ho ordinato subito un altro... :-) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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When the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerillas, unfrocked priests and reformed - though by no means inactive - whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by his own private demons, their stupendous, hedonistic fiestas represent the epicentre of all heresies. Heresies that must be challenged with a horrifying new inquisition destined to climax in a spectacular confrontation. . . No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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