La cattedrale del mare

This is one of my favorite Spanish novels... And my precious acquisitions as editor... :) I've heard about this book, at that time just published in Spain, from his agent during Book Fair in Turin... called Laguna's big boss during first cigarette break, we agreed to give an offer... And by the time Leggi tutto

ESTE LIBRO CONTIENE: Reiteradas violaciones, torturas explícitas. Empecé esta novela esperando algo similar a ' Los Pilares de la Tierra ' de Ken Follet (uno de mis grandes favoritos) y mi decepción no pudo ser mayor. Después de uno de los comienzos de libro más desafortunados que leí en mi vida –que re Leggi tutto

Igreja de Santa María del Mar - Barcelona ”A Catedral do Mar” (2006) primeiro romance do escritor catalão Ildefonso Falcones (n. 1959) tem uma cena de abertura que deixa antever o contexto histórico da narrativa: Bernat Estanyol está a festejar o seu casamento com Francesca Esteve; inesperadamente, e Leggi tutto

It is very important to know when you start this book that it is in fact based on the Chronica of King Pedro III. Although historical fiction, it closely follows true events in Catalonia during the 1300s under King Pedro’s reign. There is tons of history incorporated into the novel. At the same time Leggi tutto

Το μυθιστόρημα πέρα από το κομμάτι του μύθου, που είναι η ιστορία του Μπερνάτ και του γιου του Αρνάου, είναι ένα ιστορικό βιβλίο που ακολουθεί την πορεία της Καταλονίας όλου του 14ου αιώνα και την πορεία του βασιλιά της Πέτρου του Γ’. Αυτή είναι η μαγεία του, αλλά ταυτόχρονα και η δυσκολία του ως βι Leggi tutto

I probably wouldn’t have even heard of this beautiful story, had it not been for a review that I saw on Trip Advisor of all places. I was looking at places to visit for our upcoming trip to Barcelona, deciding on whether or not to visit Santa Maria del Mar, a cathedral in Barcelona. One of the revie Leggi tutto

I gave up on this book at page 252 of 600. The very beginning was pretty interesting, and I found the character of a young man essentially raising his baby alone (with his remote wife) as a successful medieval serf in pastoral Spain very compelling. I liked the stuff through the pottery workshop, to Leggi tutto

Hefty historical novel set in fourteenth century Barcelona and revolving around the building of a cathedral (yes there are similarities to Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth). Unlike Follett’s novel this is very much woven around fact and an actual building and events and is based on a contemporary Leggi tutto

La verdad es inevitable compararla con Los Pilares de la tierra. Pero realmente pasa muy bien la prueba. Muy bien documentada, te mantiene enganchada desde el capítulo 1 , entretenida y siempre se agradece la clase de Historia envuelta en una muy buena trama de ficción.

I read the book in English and perhaps it was not that good in translation. However, as a person who absolutely loved " The Pillars of the Earth " by Ken Follett, I thought that this was just a poor copy of the epic novel. "Cathedral of the Sea" is worth a read if you like historical fiction, but that Leggi tutto