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Loading... FAMILY (original 2001; edition 2002)by PUZO / GINO
Work InformationThe Family by Mario Puzo (2001)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Great This book increased my appreciation for the Showtime series "The Borgias" with its attention to detail and the show made me appreciate and visualize all the scenes in the book all the better. Plus, thanks to Showtime, I now know how to pronounce all those Spanish & Italian names properly! Mario Puzo is an excellent storyteller and his books are always a good, enjoyable read. Plus, if you like Puzo's Godfather books and movies, read this book; the Borgias could definitely hold their own against the Borgias. The topic - the Borgia family - is great, however I just couldn't get into the writing style of this book. I don't believe I've read anything else by Puzo (just seen the movie!), so I'm not sure if this is his usual style, or if it's because he passed away without finishing the novel. I thought the bulk of it read more like research notes than like a completed story. Events and background material were laid out in a very didactic way, almost like reading a non-fiction history text. That wouldn't be so bad - except that this book doesn't make a large effort to be historically accurate, and some of the events were not at all convincing. I like to be able to at least think, "Well, it MIGHT have happened like that." Instead, I was saying "no way did that happen," to myself. The novel wasn't one of Puzo's best efforts although not being his worst either. Following Puzo's signature theme of royalty, loyalty and of course, family, the story depicts the rise and fall of the infamous Borgia Family. Merely portraying their treacherous acts to govern and rule by sacrificing love and innocence, the book does not really deliver the flavors of terrorizing crime nor an intelligent story. Brilliantly sculptured characters however left a promising satisfaction which Puzo brilliantly delivers in all his books. The novel wasn't one of Puzo's best efforts although not being his worst either. Following Puzo's signature theme of royalty, loyalty and of course, family, the story depicts the rise and fall of the infamous Borgia Family. Merely portraying their treacherous acts to govern and rule by sacrificing love and innocence, the book does not really deliver the flavors of terrorizing crime nor an intelligent story. Brilliantly sculptured characters however left a promising satisfaction which Puzo brilliantly delivers in all his books.
Šta je porodica? Puzo je prvi put odgovorio na ovo pitanje kada je stvorio nezaboravne Korleoneove, koji su zauvek postavili kriterijume krvne odanosti. Sada, trideset godina kasnije, Puzo nas nagrađuje svojim konačnim stavom po ovom pitanju, remek-delom koje kruniše njegovu izuzetnu karijeru: pričom o najmoćnijoj porodici u italijanskoj istoriji - Bordžijama. U "Porodici" ovaj neponovljivi pisac vraća čitaoca u Rim petnaestog veka, gde mu otkriva ekstravagantnost i spletke Vatikana onako sigurno kako je to svojevremeno uradio sa tajnama Mafije. U središtu priče nalazi se Rodrigo Bordžija, Papa Aleksandar VI, čovek čija je pohlepa za moći, raskoši i ženama mogla da se meri jedino s njegovom ljubavi prema svojoj porodici. Okružen je svojom neobičnom decom - među kojima su lepa, samouverena, Lukrecija i strašni ratnik Cezare, Makijavelijev prijatelj i inspiracija. Njihove dramaticne priče čine simfoniju ljudskih osecanja i reagovanja, od ponosa preko ljubavi, izdaje i ljubomore, do smrtonosnog gneva. Vreme u kojem žive, mesto i likovi oslikani su u svoj svojoj veličini u sagi koja je večna koliko i savremena. Delo na kojem je Mario Puzo radio poslednje dve decenije svog života, "Porodica" predstavlja poslednji trijumf jednog od najvećih pripovedača našeg vremena. Puzo je u ovaj roman uložio mnogo truda i to se vidi. Reč je o jednom od njegovih najboljih ostvarenja. Priča je pitka, puna detalja, sa izvanredno izvajanim likovima. Belongs to Publisher SeriesL'eclèctica (79) Is contained inDistinctions
"Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo's best." --Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys "One of his most satisfying works....A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of the masters of popular fiction." --Booklist Mario Puzo's final masterwork. A sweeping epic saga of corruption, greed, treachery, and sin, The Family is the ultimate crowning achievement of the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist who gave the world The Godfather, arguably the greatest Mafia crime novel ever written. In The Family, Puzo--whom the Washington Post calls, "A serious American talent"--plunges reader into the colorful tumult of the Italian Renaissance, immersing them in the roiling intrigues and deadly affairs of the remarkable family whose name has always been synonymous with power, corruption, poison, and murder: the infamous Borgias. No library descriptions found. |
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