UN DÍA DE CÓLERA
(A Day of Anger)
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Publisher: Alfaguara
Publication Date: March 2008
Cover / Cubierta: Trade Paperback
Pages / Páginas: 408
Dimensions / Medidas: 6 x 9
Subject / Tema: Fiction / Ficción; Hispanic Authors / Autores Hispanos; Historic Novel / Novela Histórica
ISBN-10: 9870409067
ISBN-13: 9789870409069
Your Price / Su Precio: $19.95
From the Publisher:
This is not a fictional tale nor a history book, nor does it have–strictly speaking–a main character, as there were countless men and women involved in the events that took place in Madrid in 1808. Heroes and cowards, victims and executioners, history kept the names of most of them. The people, places, and events recounted here are real, as are much of the words that are spoken.
In this book, Arturo Pérez-Reverte transforms the obscure and individual stories recorded in books and archives into a collective account. The author's imagination is therefore reduced to the mortar that joins the narratives. By making use of the most basic liberties that a novel allows, these pages bring to life the individuals who, for over two hundred years, have either remained anonymous or lived only in brief accounts of official papers.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Cartagena, Spain, 1951) is considered the most read author of Spain, whose 2,000,000 copies sold place him as one of the best and most read international novelists. His works have been translated to 23 languages, and four of his novels have been adapted to cinema. In February 2003, he was inducted into the prestigious Real Academia Española by a majority vote.
He is the author, among others, of: El maestro de esgrima, La tabla de Flandes, El club Dumas, Territorio Comanche, La sombra del águila, La piel del tambor, La carta esférica, La Reina del Sur, El húsar, Cabo Trafalgar, and El pintor de batallas; and also of the historic series Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, which was made into a major motion picture starting Viggo Mortensen.
Este relato no es ficción ni libro de Historia. Tampoco tiene un protagonista concreto, pues fueron inumerables los hombres y mujeres envueltos en los sucesos del 2 de mayo de 1808 en Madrid. Héroes y cobardes, víctimas y verdugos, la Historia retuvo los nombres de buena parte de ellos: las relaciones de muertos y heridos, los informes militares... Cuantas personas y lugares aparecen aquí son auténticos, así como los sucesos narrados y muchas de las palabras que se pronuncian.
En Un día de cólera, Arturo Pérez-Reverte convierte en historia colectiva las pequeñas y oscuras historias particulares registradas en archivos y libros. Lo imaginado, por tanto, se reduce a la argamasa narrativa que une las piezas. Con las licencias mínimas que la palabra novela justifica, estas páginas pretenden devolver la vida a quienes durante doscientos años sólo han sido personajes anónimos en grabados y lienzos contemporáneos, o escueta relación de nombres en los documentos oficiales.
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