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La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar #1)

Ildefonso Falcones

Hardcover | Pages: 672 pages

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Title	:	La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar #1)
Author	:	Ildefonso Falcones
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 672 pages
Published	:	March 2006 by Grijalbo
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Spain. European Literature. Spanish Literature

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Siglo XIV. La ciudad de Barcelona se encuentra en su momento de mayor prosperidad; ha crecido hacia la Ribera, el humilde barrio de los pescadores, cuyos habitantes deciden construir, con el dinero de unos y el esfuerzo de otros, el mayor templo mariano jamás conocido: Santa María de la Mar. Una construcción que es paralela a la azarosa historia de Arnau, un siervo de la tierra que huye de los abusos de su señor feudal y se refugia en Barcelona, donde se convierte en ciudadano y, con ello, en hombre libre. El joven Arnau trabaja como palafrenero, estibador, soldado y cambista. Una vida extenuante, siempre al amparo de la catedral de la mar, que le iba a llevar de la miseria del fugitivo a la nobleza y la riqueza. Pero con esta posición privilegiada también le llega la envidia de sus pares, que urden una sórdida conjura que pone su vida en manos de la Inquisición... "La catedral del mar" es una trama en la que se entrecruzan lealtad y venganza, traición y amor, guerra y peste, en un mundo marcado por la intolerancia religiosa, la ambición material y la segregación social. Todo ello convierte esta obra no sólo en una novela absorbente, sino también en la más fascinante y ambiciosa recreación de las luces y sombras de la época feudal.

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Original Title:	La catedral del mar ISBN13 9788425340031
Edition Language:	Spanish
Series:	La catedral del mar #1
Characters:	Joan, Arnau, Guillem, Aladis, Mar (Ildefonso Falcones)
Setting:	Barcelona, Catalonia(Spain)
Literary Awards:	Euskadi de Plata for Best Spanish Novel (2006), Qué leer for Best Spanish Book (2006), Premio Fundación José Manuel Lara for novela más vendida (2006), Prix Fulbert de Chartres (2009)

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This book is one of the results of my long wandering around the library. Ever since I've read The Shadow of the Wind and then other Zafon's books I wonder around Spanish corner to find something like those books. (No, I haven't succeed yet, but I won't give up.) During that time I somehow started to dream about Barcelona. Spain was never my "dreamland" (that has always been Brazil), but after reading all those beautiful descriptions of Barcelona I have to say If I could choose where to live one

This is a wonderful historical tale set in 14th century Barcelona. It involves around the building of the Santa Maria cathedral. This beautiful cathedral took 54 years to complete.This story is based on the Cronica written by King PedroIII. Some of the details of how people were treated were brutal, but these were their customs at the time. We meet Arnau Estanyo who has just arrived in Barcelona with his young son. They are trying to make a better life for themselves. Arnau becomes a bastaitos,



(review in English below)As 3 estrelas são, na verdade, só 2 e meia arredondadas para cima. Muita maldade para o meu gosto... E não senti qualquer empatia com os protagonistas... O livro está bastante bem escrito e tem muita informação histórica sobre a Catalunha medieval, especialmente sobre Barcelona, mas só comecei a sentir-me interessada na história quando já ia a meio. Enfim, nem todos podem ser o Ken Follett...It's really 2.5 stars rounded up.Too muck wickedness for my taste... And I

I'm really disappointed to say that I expected a lot more from this book, and it didn't provide as I wanted it to. The writing was not fantastic, and, while it was interesting, the plot was just a bit annoying to me after a while.As an author, I do think that doing bad things to characters is interesting. But as a novel --- constantly hurting your characters is a bit much. Arnau, the main character, has suffered way more than any person ever should, as have many of the other characters. (view

Hefty historical novel set in fourteenth century Barcelona and revolving around the building of a cathedral (yes there are similarities to Ken Folletts Pillars of the Earth). Unlike Folletts novel this is very much woven around fact and an actual building and events and is based on a contemporary chronicle. It is well plotted, but there is a certain predictability about it. The topics you would expect to come across are there; the inquisition, the plague, relationships with Jews and Moors, the

I gave up on this book at page 252 of 600. The very beginning was pretty interesting, and I found the character of a young man essentially raising his baby alone (with his remote wife) as a successful medieval serf in pastoral Spain very compelling. I liked the stuff through the pottery workshop, too, but after that? It felt to me like the story dropped off for the sake of cramming a historical setting with stock characters to represent different aspects of life in 14th Century Barcelona. There