The Man Who Loved Dogs - Couverture rigide

Padura, Leonardo

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1908524103 ISBN 13 : 9781908524102

Editeur : Bitter Lemon Press, 2014

Synopsis

Cuban writer Ivan Cardenas Maturell meets a mysterious foreigner on a Havana beach who is always in the company of two Russian wolfhounds. Ivan quickly names him "the man who loved dogs". The man eventually confesses that he is actually Ramon Mercader, the man who killed Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940, and that he is now living in a secret exile in Cuba after being released from jail in Mexico. Moving seamlessly between Ivan's life in Cuba, Mercader's early years in Spain and France, and Trotsky's long years of exile, The Man Who Loved Dogs is Leonardo Padura's most ambitious and brilliantly executed novel yet. It is the story of revolutions fought and betrayed, the ways in which men's political convictions are continually tested and manipulated, and a powerful critique of the role of fear in consolidating political power.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Leonardo Padura was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1955. A novelist, journalist, and critic, he is the author of several novels, one collection of essays, and a volume of short stories. His novels featuring the detective Mario Conde have been translated into many languages and have won literary prizes around the world. The Man Who Loved Dogs was a finalist for Book of the Year in Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bitter Lemon Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908524103
• ISBN 13: 9781908524102
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 576
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• Personne responsable: non disponible