La mano di Fatima

Muerte es esperanza larga. ¡Qué aventura ha resultado este libro! Extraordinaria, triste, a veces desesperante... No sé, he tenido sentimientos encontrados a lo largo de los cuatro meses que me tomó terminarlo. ¡Cuatro meses! Y es que no es tarea fácil, con más de 900 hojas que relatan la histori Leggi tutto

É tudo tão simples — a escrita, a estrutura, a história —, mais parece um livro de aventuras para adolescentes, ainda que carregado de um horror pouco recomendável a pessoas mais sensíveis. Pega-se no período do fim da relação entre cristãos e muçulmanos na região Andaluz de Espanha, escolhe-se um pe Leggi tutto

I had to stop at one third of the book. It wasn't really because the book is bad, but I just couldn't go on reading it because it's somehow made me feel sad and depressed. The main character in this book had so many bad things happened to him, and I felt after 300 pages (the book is about 900 pages) Leggi tutto

A very long and sad novel, but with frequent changes of alternating fortune. It follows very closely the historical facts of the tragedy of the Moriscos between 1568 and 1612, including the odd forgeries of the "Sacromonte affair" - an attempt mostly carried out by Moriscos in late 16th century Gran Leggi tutto

1.5/5 Por fin!!! Por fin!!!! Cuanto trabajo me dio este libro... Siempre me llamó la atención el mismo debido a tenía mi nombre, pero vaya que decepción. Para mi fue interminable. El detalle que utiliza el autor ha sido muy pesado, me llego a aburrir increíblemente. La considero una novela demasiado Leggi tutto

ABsolutely fantastic!!! Historical Fiction, great characters, rich and credible. The story behind Muslim persecution in Spain in the 1500's and 1600's. A must read in this time of Muslim unrest.

Όταν κράτησα στα χέρια μου το εν λόγω ‘βιβλίο – τούβλο’, ήμουν σίγουρο πως θα διάβαζα ένα αριστούργημα… εν πάση περιπτώσει αν όχι αριστούργημα, τουλάχιστον ένα βιβλίο που προσωπικώς θα λάτρευα… Γιατί; Πρώτον, ήταν τούβλον κι εγώ λατρεύω τα τούβλα. Δεύτερον, διαδραματίζεται στην Ισπανία του 16ου αιών Leggi tutto

2/5 Una novela histórica que trata de la vida de Hernando Ruiz, en Granada del Siglo XVI, la lucha entre los moriscos y los cristianos. Cuando digo lucha es casi un eufemismo. Este es el segundo libro que leo de este autor, lo califiqué así por dos cosas: 1.- Abunda en aspectos que no son relevantes. I Leggi tutto

Wow! It was almost a pain to read this book. I wonder if the author couldn't have written it in half the pages -- the message would be there and we would still understand how rough it was for those people in those times. I'm only giving it 3 stars because I found this book a little too tiresome than Leggi tutto

That book astounded me!! I was bored reading it at first with its 900+ pages but as the events kept on escalating I just fell in love with it. It introduced me to a part of the Islamic history that I know a little off. A piece of that part was dull and discomforting knowing about the atrocities comm Leggi tutto