Juan Manuel de Prada

Muy buen libro.
La historia es interesante, sobre el exilio en Paris despues de la guerra civil y durante la segunda guerra mundial. No deja en muy buen lugar ni a los franceses (por el pasado colaboracionista con los alemanes durante la ocupacion) ni a los exiliados expanholes (por su colaboracion con las insttuciones de la dictadura franquista).
El estilo de Manuel de Prada es muy bueno, excelente; da gusto leerlo. A pesar de la longitud del libro (>800 paginas, y es solo la primera parte), show more el libro no se hce pesado.
Seria interesante disponer de un glosario con los personajes historicos que circuilan por el libro. show less

Los textos están muy bien escritos y uno por uno son amenos, pero leídos de seguido terminan saturando al lector.

Firmly in the tradition of the Gothic Novel, this 'who done it' explores the city of Venice at carnival time - complete with a costume party, fog and dead body. One thing strongly in its favour is the ability to suggest mystery without the need to sink into the supernatural.

There are a series of strong sexual undercurrents and a healthy dig at the world of sterile academia (a replacement for the cloisters of the original Gothic tales).

I do like the characterisation - there is a strong show more detective, an effete art critic and several strong female characters.

A good read (if not quite up there with Frankenstein). show less

I just could not get into this one - I literally could not get past the first chapter I am sorry to say.

I picked it up second hand as the premise sounded good, only to find myself wondering why.

I just could not get into the first person narrative that seemed to meander along without direction or focus. The book, "like January ".. was setting in like an opiate; cold and harsh ..." and I for one was glad to relinquish its hold.