Santa Evita
- 392 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
Blends fact and fiction about the legendary Eva Peron, wife of the Argentinian dictator.
Tomás Eloy Martínez Knihy
16. júl 1934 – 31. január 2010
Tomás Eloy Martínez bol majstrom v odhaľovaní skrytých príbehov argentínskej histórie, najmä v búrlivých časoch peronizmu. Jeho próza preniká do psychológie moci a posadnutosti, často sa zameriava na osudy ikonických postáv a na spôsob, akým sa mýty a realita prelínajú. Prostredníctvom svojej rozsiahlej novinárskej kariéry aj svojej literárnej tvorby Martínez odhaľuje temné zákutia argentínskej spoločnosti a politiky. Jeho dielo tak ponúka hlboký vhľad do zložitého národného charakteru a do večného boja medzi pravdou a oficiálnou históriou.
The Peron Novel
- 449 stránok
- 16 hodin čítania
“One of the most original and entertaining books to come out of Latin America in recent years.”—Mario Vargas Llosa On June 20, 1973, General Juan Peron, the most revered—as well as the most hated—dictator in the history of Argentina, returned to his homeland after eighteen years of exile. His arrival was the occasion for a fratricidal massacre. Less than a year later, Peron was dead. The throngs that filed past his body as it lay in state were as vast and impassioned as those that had mourned his wife, Evita, the music hall performer Peron had turned into Argentina’s secular saint and who embalmed corpse he had turned into his personal talisman. Out of the facts of this enigmatic despot’s life, the Argentine journalist and novelist Tomas Eloy Martinez has created a novel who fantasy only heightens its humanity. For in The Peron Novel the mask of history is lifted to reveal a tragically hollow man who was a born follower until the moment he found himself transformed into a leader. The result is a tour de force, the most audacious and compelling meditation on absolute power since Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s The Autumn of the Patriarch. “A brilliant image of national psychosis. Vividly written.”—The New York Times Book Review
The last memorable novel by the author of The Tango Singer, one of Latin America's leading novelists until his death in January 2010.
Bruno Cadogan has flown from New York to Buenos Aires in search of the elusive and legendary Julio Martel, a tango singer whose voice has never been recorded and yet, is said to be so beautiful that it is almost supernatural. As Bruno tries to find Martel, he begins to untangle the story of the singer's life.
Tinieblas para mirar
- 168 stránok
- 6 hodin čítania
Cuentos de una voz importante en la literatura contemporánea argentina, que exploran temas profundos y emociones humanas a través de relatos cautivadores y originales.
El vuelo de la reina
- 304 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
El vuelo de la reina es una novela irresistible sobre la fuerza que nace de la cara oscura del deseo. Entre Camargo, el poderoso director del principal diario de Buenos Aires, y Reina Remis, una joven periodista a la que dobla la edad, surge una pasión que los conduce a un peligroso juego de obsesiones. La intriga y el suspense erótico pueblan esta historia de dominaciones, corrupción e instrumentos de poder, hasta dibujar un final imprevisible, consecuencia última de la ambición desmedida y del presente y el pasado del protagonista.
