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Ladataan... Enkelipeli (2008)Tekijä: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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Books Read in 2020 (198) Top Five Books of 2013 (755) » 11 lisää Historical Fiction (316) Magic Realism (129) Best of World Literature (140) Indie Next Picks (55) Secrets Books (92) Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Minä aloitin sarjan lukemisen tästä, tietämättä oikeastaan että mitään sarjaa edes oli. Synkän oloinen romaani jossa riittää käänteitä. Noissa mutkissa mieleen tulee Ross MacDonald ja tapaukset joissa Lew Archer selvittää totuutta. Hyvää luettavaa. ( ![]() Kirjailijan edellinen teos lupasi paljon, mutta ei lunastanut lupauksiaan. Tämä kirja jatkaa samalla linjalla, joten nyt en tunne enää armoa. Erittäin mukaansatempaavasti kirjoitettu, mutta pohjimmiltaan melodramaattista roskaa. Sori vaan, kaikki miljoonat Zafónin lukijat. näyttää 2/2
The result is a twisty, sarcastic ode to books, with a satisfying dollop of religious theory thrown in for good measure. On its surface, "The Angel's Game" is a thriller laden with Gothic elements, but readers who need a traditional denouement with answers neatly laid out will come away disappointed. (I definitely had a little moment of "Wait! What? Huh???" at the end.) But while the plot payoff may not be what readers are expecting, the novel itself is such a pleasure to read that the characters could have ended with a rendition of "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow," played on cowbells and a zither, and I would have shrugged it off. “Faust” this isn’t. Ruiz Zafón’s flamboyant pulp epic is something altogether sillier, a pact-with-the-devil tale whose only purpose is to give its readers some small intimation of the darker pleasures of the literary arts, the weird thrill of storytelling without conscience. Game is a multi-layered confection that combines undying love, magical realism, meditations on religion, the importance of books and a love affair with the vibrant city of Barcelona. Zafon hits the reset button on what it means to be a great writer. His visionary storytelling prowess is a genre unto itself. While much of this novel is highly enjoyable, at some latter point the tongue withdraws from the cheek. In wrapping up a host of absurd sub-plots, somewhere in there the writer loses his sense of humour. When the book ceases to be self-conscious about its own manipulations, it stops being fun. This won’t bother some readers; some will happily dive into the mysticism up to the neck. But others will miss the drollery and sophistication with which the novel began, and for these readers Zafón’s straight resolution will disappoint. Zafon delivers a warning about the dangers of obsession, mixed with an obvious passion for literature and the printed word; his book is also a song of love for Barcelona with all its creaking floorboards and hidden subbasements. A nice fit with the current craze for learned mysteries and for spooks of both the spying and the spectral kind. PalkinnotDistinctionsNotable Lists
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HTML:From master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes The Angel??s Game??a dazzling new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love. ??The whole of Barcelona stretched out at my feet and I wanted to believe that, when I opened those windows, its streets would whisper stories to me, secrets I could capture on paper and narrate to whomever cared to listen . . .? In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martín, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city??s underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Close to despair, David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book unlike anything that has ever existed??a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection between his haunting book and the shadows that surround his home. Once again, Zafón takes us into a dark, gothic universe first seen in the Shadow of the Wind and creates a breathtaking adventure of intrigue, romance, and tragedy. Through a dizzingly constructed labyrinth of secrets, the magic of books, passion, and friendship ble Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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