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?Es el Guernica que conocemos el verdadero cuadro que pinto Picasso?
?Que hacia Falco en Paris en la primavera de 1937?
ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE Y LORENZO FALCO VUELVEN CON UNA HISTORIA DE SABOTAJE.
La luz declinante de la ventana y su efecto optico en el cristal daban una tenue patina rojiza al enorme lienzo; como si este, antes de ser realidad, ya empezase a ensangrentarse lentamente. Y de pronto, todo adquirio sentido.
-Se llamara Guernica -dijo Picasso.
Mayo de 1937. La Guerra Civil sigue su sangriento curso en Espana, pero tambien lejos de los campos de batalla se combate entre las sombras. Una doble mision lleva a Lorenzo Falco hasta Paris con el objetivo de intentar, de cualquier forma posible, que el Guernica que esta pintando Pablo Picasso no llegue nunca a la Exposicion Universal donde la Republica pretende conseguir apoyo internacional. Aunque ya se adivinan en Europa los vientos de la nueva guerra que asolara el continente, la musica alegre sigue sonando, y el arte, los negocios, la vida frivola ocupan todavia a intelectuales, refugiados y activistas. Acostumbrado al peligro y a las situaciones limite, Falco debe enfrentarse esta vez a un mundo en el que la lucha de ideas pretende imponerse sobre la accion. Un mundo que a el le es ajeno, y al que aplicara sus propios metodos.
Arturo Perez-Reverte construye en Sabotaje una trama magistral que envuelve al lector hasta la ultima pagina, y completa con esta novela la trilogia protagonizada por Falco, el personaje literario mas fascinante de los ultimos tiempos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Is the Guernica we know the one that Picasso really painted? What was Falco doing in Paris in the spring of 1937?
Arturo Perez-Reverte and Lorenzo Falco are back with a story of sabotage.
The dwindling light from the window and its optical effects on the glass gave a soft reddish tint to the enormous canvas; as if it, before becoming reality, was already beginning to slowly bleed. And suddenly, it all made sense.
‘It will be called Guernica,’ said Picasso.
May, 1937. A civil war continues its bloody path in Spain, but fighting continues even in the shadows, far from the battlefields. A double mission brings Lorenzo Falco to Paris with the objective of preventing the Guernica that Picasso is painting from arriving at the international exhibition where the Republic will try to gain international support. Although Europe is already feeling the winds of the new war that will devastate the continent, happy music continues to play, and art, business, and frivolity are still on the minds of intellectuals, refugees, and activists. Accustomed to danger and crisis situations, Falco must this time face a world in which a battle of ideas takes precedence over action. A world that is foreign to him, and to which he must apply his own methods…
In Sabotage, Arturo Perez-Reverte constructs a masterpiece that engrosses the reader until the last page and completes the trilogy starring Falco, the most fascinating literary character of our time.
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?Es el Guernica que conocemos el verdadero cuadro que pinto Picasso?
?Que hacia Falco en Paris en la primavera de 1937?
ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE Y LORENZO FALCO VUELVEN CON UNA HISTORIA DE SABOTAJE.
La luz declinante de la ventana y su efecto optico en el cristal daban una tenue patina rojiza al enorme lienzo; como si este, antes de ser realidad, ya empezase a ensangrentarse lentamente. Y de pronto, todo adquirio sentido.
-Se llamara Guernica -dijo Picasso.
Mayo de 1937. La Guerra Civil sigue su sangriento curso en Espana, pero tambien lejos de los campos de batalla se combate entre las sombras. Una doble mision lleva a Lorenzo Falco hasta Paris con el objetivo de intentar, de cualquier forma posible, que el Guernica que esta pintando Pablo Picasso no llegue nunca a la Exposicion Universal donde la Republica pretende conseguir apoyo internacional. Aunque ya se adivinan en Europa los vientos de la nueva guerra que asolara el continente, la musica alegre sigue sonando, y el arte, los negocios, la vida frivola ocupan todavia a intelectuales, refugiados y activistas. Acostumbrado al peligro y a las situaciones limite, Falco debe enfrentarse esta vez a un mundo en el que la lucha de ideas pretende imponerse sobre la accion. Un mundo que a el le es ajeno, y al que aplicara sus propios metodos.
Arturo Perez-Reverte construye en Sabotaje una trama magistral que envuelve al lector hasta la ultima pagina, y completa con esta novela la trilogia protagonizada por Falco, el personaje literario mas fascinante de los ultimos tiempos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Is the Guernica we know the one that Picasso really painted? What was Falco doing in Paris in the spring of 1937?
Arturo Perez-Reverte and Lorenzo Falco are back with a story of sabotage.
The dwindling light from the window and its optical effects on the glass gave a soft reddish tint to the enormous canvas; as if it, before becoming reality, was already beginning to slowly bleed. And suddenly, it all made sense.
‘It will be called Guernica,’ said Picasso.
May, 1937. A civil war continues its bloody path in Spain, but fighting continues even in the shadows, far from the battlefields. A double mission brings Lorenzo Falco to Paris with the objective of preventing the Guernica that Picasso is painting from arriving at the international exhibition where the Republic will try to gain international support. Although Europe is already feeling the winds of the new war that will devastate the continent, happy music continues to play, and art, business, and frivolity are still on the minds of intellectuals, refugees, and activists. Accustomed to danger and crisis situations, Falco must this time face a world in which a battle of ideas takes precedence over action. A world that is foreign to him, and to which he must apply his own methods…
In Sabotage, Arturo Perez-Reverte constructs a masterpiece that engrosses the reader until the last page and completes the trilogy starring Falco, the most fascinating literary character of our time.