The Man Who Loved Dogs - Couverture souple

Padura, Mr Leonardo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908524448 ISBN 13 : 9781908524447

Editeur : Bitter Lemon Press, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Breathtaking narrative, a masterpiece' -- - Le Figaro

'Best historical novel of the year. The assassination of Trotsky with an ice axe as the starting point of one of the best romans noirs about the 20th century.' -- - Lire

';a wonderful translation by Anna Kushner supports the grand structure of the book, while maintaining Padura s complex and muscular prose. He writes the sort of sentences that require confidence in the political import of literature, which we so rarely see these days in American authors....For an author who lives and writes in the intensely censorious Cuba, the publishing of this book represents not only an impressive artistic achievement but also an act of bravery.' -- Miami Herald

'Its Russian quality comes not only from its length almost 600 pages and the fact that it returns constantly to Moscow, but also from its Tolstoyan passion for historical trifles and Dostoyevskyan pleasure in examining the moral life of its characters.' -- - The New York Times

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Cuban writer Ivan Cardena 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 confesses that he is Ramon Mercader, the man who killed Leon Trotsky in Mexico City, and that he is now in secret exile in Cuba. This is Leonardo Padura's most brilliantly executed novel yet. It is the story of revolutions fought and betrayed, the ways in which political convictions are continually tested, and a critique of the role of fear in consolidating power.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bitter Lemon Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1908524448
• ISBN 13: 9781908524447
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576