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Abril Rojo / Red April (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) (Spanish Edition)

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A la altura de los mejores, en cualquier idioma

By Jose Oquendo "xavierin" - July 10, 2006

"Abril rojo" de Santiago Roncagliolo no solo esta a la altura de thrillers hispanos de edicion reciente como "La sombra del viento" (Carlos Ruiz-Zafon) y "La reina del sur" (Arturo Perez-Reverte), sino que supera a muchos, en castellano o no, con su agilidad argumental y complejidad protagonica.

Lo va a atrapar desde su comienzo. Lo obligara a olvidarse de su entorno. Hara que se entregue del todo a un libro que, en su genero, tiene las de convertirse en un hito literario.

La construccion de la trama no pudo haber sido mejor tratada. Roncagliolo no solo sigue reglas establecidas por la novela negra clasica, sino que las mejora, al grado que hace que el lector acostumbrado a la ficcion de perfiles literarios elevados no crea estar leyendo una obra repleta de suspenso y de recovecos inesperados por el entretenimiento que proporciona, y si una de caracteristicas narrativas universales.

El autor coloca en su obra a elementos de la narrativa latinoamericana... read more

Un libro luminoso

By Roland Schwald - March 4, 2007

Sucedieron cosas extrañas en el abril de 2000 en el Perú. Claro, hubo las elecciones generales que el "chino" Alberto Fujimori ganó por tercera vez.

Abimael Guzmán, el ex-líder de la organización terrorista Sendero Luminoso había sido capturado ya años atrás, en 1992 específicamente. Pero no obstante durante la Semana Santa del año 2000 ocurrieron asesinatos al estilo de esos extraños terroristas en Ayacucho, una ciudad ubicada en el sur del país, más o menos entre Cuzco y Lima.

El inofensivo y un poco pancho fiscal Félix Chacaltana Saldívar, protagonista de la novela, se encarga de los asesinatos.

A primera vista Chacaltana no parece ser un héroe pero durante la historia ficticia se convierte en uno. Pero primero tiene que distinguir claramente entre amigos, amigos que en realidad no los son y enemigos. Si consigue hacer esto tal vez... read more

Surprisingly original

By Sergio Recuenco - March 22, 2007

A murder mistery in an Andean city is the frame to get the reader into the complex social diversity of Peru. Through this fascinanting story the reader is exposed to the feelings, wounds, and pain left by years of violence in Peru. Great read, chapters are ingeniously opened with paragraphs intentionally full of misspelled words written as they may sound in the local use of the spanish, presented as believable sections of official documents or letters written by the characters. I enjoyed reading this book, is a fine work that probes the author's talent, and put a face and feelings to the "invisible" people peruvians prefer to ignore or forget, victims or abusers.

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