Saturday, September 26, 2009

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Rest ELENA HOME: Tribulations of a hitman

Este es, ante todo, un libro divertido. Una lectura para olvidarnos de los problemas que nos rodean y dejarnos llevar, entre sonrisa y sonrisa, por las Anselmo tribulations de la Rua, a kind of apprentice assassin of necessity, he embarks on an adventure that will change the course of your life and make you a better person. Elena Casero demonstrated with this novel is a skillful writer, capable of creating memorable characters and hilarious situations that dazzle the reader, to devour him one by one the pages of a book that is read with real enjoyment.

"It was August 23. Midday Sunday. I was sitting on the sill of a window of the cloister of the collegiate church of Santa Cecilia. From there he could rule the world, all of the old city, where houses are flattened, which spread out before me like a bunch of raisins. It was a beautiful sight, and yet, very different was what I sensed. I dreaded having to take control of my life after so many years to get carried away by the waves of fate. That view was so wonderful for me the end of the world. "

This is the beginning of the story. In the words Anselmo reveals how his personality will change following his decision to join a band of thugs. Indeed, one of the achievements of the novel, in my view, is the change experienced by the protagonist along with it. How is opening his eyes to a reality of his life, which is not really had looked before. Anselmo passes be a kind of shadow, incapable of decision, to become a person with very clear ideas and autonomy to make their own decisions.

Anselmo comes from a wealthy family come down, and a series of misfortunes he has lost everything he owned and having to go to live in a modest pension. Fearing to be completely ruined, decides to accept the proposition of a partner's pension to join a band of foreign thugs have in common the characteristic of being terminally ill, so you have nothing to lose the case of discovery. The victim of this band, which Anselmo should continue day and night to make sure to confirm their habits of life, is a rich man, owner of the museum of the city that, coincidentally, is located in the mansion where he spent his childhood Anselmo. From here, events are strung Anselmo will make you a better person and lead you to discover the true story of his family. With him, we find other strange characters, such as Doña Celia, the landlady, or Antonio, another tenant to help in their search Anselmo, who happens to be the funniest character-and unlikely-to everyone.

I certainly liked the novel. I was surprised by his naturalness and freshness, direct, unpretentious literary that is appreciated now and then as a breath of fresh air between hot flashes caused by other readings more dense. I think it is well written and, in addition to being easy to read, meet one of the primary purposes of literature: to entertain and amuse the reader. A worthwhile read now that the days are getting gray and the weather starts to cool. Let yourself be surprised by this story, I assure you will not regret.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

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GRAFIK Schami: The dark side of love

"In 1962, a young Muslim was killed before my eyes and all the neighbors because he had violated religious boundaries and was in love with a Christian man. The sad was that the man did not deserve it. He was a gigolo. Then when I was a boy of sixteen who saw the world as an infinite chain of stories, I figured I'd write a novel about all forms of forbidden love in Saudi, and what I wanted with all the naivete of a lover. But my tool as a storyteller was not yet mature enough to make such an idea into a story. Between 1965 and 1967 undertook the first attempts were a dismal failure. "

This is the beginning of the last tile that makes up the huge mosaic created by Rafik Schami in his most ambitious project, a novel whose genesis began in 1965 and completed more than treinta años después, y que tuvo como catalizador el acontecimiento narrado más arriba. El lado oscuro del amor es una novela magna, con mayúsculas, donde el protagonista indiscutible es el amor, pero un amor difícil, que debe esconderse, y que debe luchar con toda su fuerza por sobrevivir, sin llegar a conseguirlo en muchas ocasiones. Es el amor prohibido, como él mismo lo llama, en una cultura donde las diferencias religiosas y de linaje constituyen obstáculos insalvables para que dos personas puedan unir sus destinos por muy enamoradas que estén. En este caso la huida o la renuncia a dicho amor son, con frecuencia, las dos únicas alternativas posibles para estas parejas de enamorados.

En the center of the mosaic we have the love story of Rana and Farid, two youths whose families, and Shahin Mushtak have traditionally been rivals, and therefore strongly oppose to this union. The backdrop of this plot is the Syria of the first half of the twentieth century, where military coups happen and where ideologies like anarchism and communism is spread with great rapidity. In this context, the woman-as is happening in most Muslim countries, is fully subject to man. Marriages are arranged between the parents and girls are forced into a destiny that is alien to them at the wish of their parents, besides being constantly monitored by siblings and relatives who serve as custodians of their virginity. While Rana must face this reality, Farid is discussed in an internal struggle when he realizes that communism, an ideology that embraces with passion in the beginning, not responding to their wishes as he expected. Rana's love will be your lifeline through a series of misfortunes that will leave a deep mark on his being.

The 833 pages that make up this authentic family saga, in which the author outlines the origins of both families and dates back to the beginning of their rivalry, are divided into nine books are subdivided into twenty-eight chapters. In them we find stories that remind us of the magical world of The Thousand and One Nights alongside others, for their crudeness, bring us closer to the reality of the Syria of the time. There are countless characters that parade through this all, whose stories, Schami inserted as secondary tiles surrounding the main scene of the mosaic, make reading a bit stressful at times, but fortunately this feeling soon fades to the strength of the basic plot which is the love of Rana and Farid, fabric that absorbs the reader's attention and prompt him to continue reading one page after another.

In Germany the book has been a tremendous critical and commercial success, having sold over 300,000 copies (keep in mind that author is well known in this country, his home since he went into exile in Syria in 1971). It is, without doubt, a deserved success. At least that is my mind after finishing this work, despite its length, is read with relative ease. It is extraordinary to think that Schami has spent half his life to this project, and so is he who says its genesis and evolution in the last chapter of the novel. This puts the final piece of one of the most amazing mosaics Arabic literature and Europe, has created in recent years. Now it only remains for the audience, readers are guided through this adventure that, in most cases, insurance will not disappoint.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

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MARGARET MILLAR: A stranger in my grave

discovered this author through a review in Babelia that left me intrigued, so much so I had to buy the book to see what was behind an argument that began with a woman dreaming of his own grave, which I found disturbing. This is how I came across this novel, which falls within the genre of the thriller or mystery, and belongs to a writer who is not widely known in our country. For those who do not know it, I will say that was the wife of Ross McDonald, a great writer whose reputation has convicted a second to his talented wife, he wrote some thirty books of which only a dozen have been translated into our language, most for more than twenty years.

Hence the recent edition of this title in the pocket RBA editorial is a golden opportunity to approach the work of an author that oozes originality and personality, capable of creating absorbing plots that are difficult to depart, and a great ability to penetrate the psychology of the characters, both male and female. It is certainly the work of a great master of intrigue and suspense that will delight both fans of the genre and those who do not often delve very often around here. Our

protagonist, Daisy (sounds lovely wife-housewife who has never hurt a fly, right?), dreams of a night in a plaque where his name appears along with a date of death occurred four years ago. Obsessed with this picture, is determined to find out if there is something real strange fantasy. In this difficult task, the voice of sanity is imposed by her husband, Jim, and his mother, Daisy trying to make sure your search impossible. But Daisy is determined to reach the final. For this contract including the services of a private detective, Steve Pinata, a character with a strong presence in the novel that will help the youth to solve the mystery. When both discover that the tomb really exist, with the same point with Daisy saw in his dream, but it belongs to someone else, that's when the Pinata is involving itself in body and soul into the investigation to uncover a plot so surprising that none of them could ever imagine.

The story takes place in California in the 50's. Although the characters at first glance seem authentic archetypes, all hidden secrets that make them much more complicated in reality. Apart from those already mentioned are out Daisy's father, Stan, an alcoholic who only appears in the life of his daughter for help when in trouble, and that she loves despite his rudeness. In fact, this character will play a prime role in the resolution of the mystery. Curious is also the character of Juanita, a young attractive but something mindless to that Daisy met years and will return back to his life in an unexpected way.

I like the style of Miller. Simple but very effective. And it is peppered with phrases that hide a lot, such as this which refers to Stan, the father of Daisy:

"It seemed ironic to outline a handful of observations about truth and justice, when, Indeed, his life had been a marathon in which truth always preceded some steps and justicia le seguía a unos cuantos metros. Nunca había alcanzado la primera, y la segunda nunca lo había alcanzado a él."

Merece la pena acercarse a esta escritora. Esperemos que pronto vuelvan a reeditarse algunos de sus títulos, y que podamos disfrutar de nuevo del talento de una mujer que se ha ganado por méritos propios un puesto importante en el mundo de la novela negra.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

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Ian McEwan: Chesil Beach

Había leído críticas estupendas de este libro, pero la verdad es que no me hacía falta que me convencieran para leer otra obra del genial Ian McEwan, que tanto me gustó con su maravillosa Expiación . Y como era Predictably, Chesil Beach does not disappoint at all. McEwan's prose, combined with his prodigious ability to create characters and scenarios make this work again in a reading that is enjoyable and it leaves a taste more durable. I must confess that deluded me, I began to read in English (in my defense I will say that I more than half). It is in that language where their beauty is more evident, although to read need to have a level of English rather than high. Descriptions of scenarios, especially the English countryside, and the characters themselves, with a varied vocabulary and rich in nuances, make it very difficult to read in the original language. So consciente de mis limitaciones y de que me estaba perdiendo detalles que ni el diccionario lograba aclararme, decidí optar por la traducción al español, que me ha parecido bastante buena. Todo lo contrario que el libro de María Antonieta reseñado en este blog con anterioridad, cuya traducción deja mucho que desear, con errores gramaticales y de sintaxis bastante graves desde mi punto de vista.

Pero volvamos a Chesil Beach . Los protagonistas de esta historia son Florence y Edward, una pareja de recién casados a principios de los años 60, que se enfrentan a su noche de bodas desde puntos de partida muy distintos. Así mientras Edward se muestra sobre todo preocupado por estar a la altura de lo que se espera him and "comply" and longs to make love to his beautiful wife of a passionate, Florence shown literally terrified of what is to come, it has never been with a man and full of fear and apprehension about the imminent sex. Florence is only the result of sex education altogether avoided, and a vision of sex dirty and full of prejudices that have not prepared at all for his first relationship with a man. Edward loves, but feels real panic to sexual intercourse:

"In moments of optimism was convinced that only suffered a heightened form of apprehension that would end up happening. No doubt think of Edward's testicles, hanging below his penis swollen, another horrible word that it had the effect of the upper lip puckering, and the idea of \u200b\u200banyone touching her "down there", even if a loved one, was so repugnant as , say, an eye surgery in Florence (...) it was suspected that an abnormality deep that she had always been different and that the end was about to be discovered. I thought the problem was bigger, deeper than the mere physical disgust, his whole being revolted against the prospect of entanglement and flesh were about to rape her composure and essential happiness. Plainly did not want the "enter" or "penetrated." Sex with Edward would be the height of pleasure, but it was the price to be paid. "

The novel is structured through flash-backs that gives us to know the past of both actors, how they met, and how was the environment surrounding each. Florence comes from a wealthy family and is a violin virtuoso who, despite being a girl insecure in many ways, is surrounded by an aura of special security every time he touches his beloved instrument. Instead Edward belongs to a class family rather low, and reared with a mother psychologically ill and a number of shortcomings that Florence can not even imagine. Both young came a day by chance in Oxford, fall in love, start dating and eventually married. The climax of the story is the wedding night in a hotel on Chesil Beach, which will be full of difficulties and have unexpected end for both. In this novel

McEwan builds a true and accurate portrait of a youth who has not yet awakened to the sexual revolution of the sixties and suffering in their own flesh the consequences of sex education where subjects were taboo and relations between the sexes were full of prejudice and misunderstanding. It's amazing ability to penetrate the psychology of the two protagonists, which McEwan nude for the reader through their words so that reach as transparent as unhappy in their roles. The author manages to make a wedding night in a scenario where the worst fears take the form of both players, where every small step you take toward that sex becomes imminent momentous and terrible that seems doomed them both to a tragic end. The thoughts of both are revealed in a way so clear that we feel the anguish of Florence and Edward's fears with extraordinary vividness.

Atonement is, in my view, a great novel, by many factors. That is why, whether or not to know McEwan, I recommend you do not fail to read and maravillaros with how to tell this writer. Be enjoyed from beginning to end.

More reviews of works by Ian McEwan: - Atonement