| El Tercer Reich / The Third Reich Contributor(s): Bolaño, Roberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307476146 ISBN-13: 9780307476142 Publisher: Vintage Espanol OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010014531 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.56" W x 8" (0.48 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: En El Tercer Reich Roberto Bola o da voz a diversos personajes, disponi ndolos en una suerte de tablero en el que se libra la guerra m s antigua de todas: la del nazismo, la de la decadente cultura occidental, la del ser humano contra s mismo. Se conoce por «juego de guerra aquel que recrea y simula un enfrentamiento armado a cualquier nivel, sujet ndose a reglas para el desarrollo del mismo. El alem n Udo Berger es campe n de esta disciplina en su pa s. Los juegos de guerra son al tiempo su profesi n y su obsesi n; ocupan su vida e invaden su pensamiento a todas horas. Incluso durante el viaje que realiza con su novia Ingeborg a la Costa Brava, donde l hab a veraneado en su infancia, se hace instalar una gran mesa en la habitaci n del hotel para pensar en las estrategias de su nuevo juego, El Tercer Reich. Una noche, sin embargo, Udo e Ingeborg conocen a otra pareja de alemanes, Charly y Hanna, que les introducir n a un mundo oculto tras las playas y el sol. Un mundo poblado por personajes de dudosa reputaci n, pasados oscuros y futuros a n m s enigm ticos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war games champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent the summers of his childhood. Soon they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, who introduce them to a band of locals--the Wolf, the Lamb, and El Quemado--and to the darker side of life in a resort town. Late one night, Charly disappears without a trace, and Udo's well-ordered life is thrown into upheaval; while Ingeborg and Hanna return to their lives in Germany, he refuses to leave the hotel. Soon he and El Quemado are enmeshed in a round of Third Reich, Udo's favorite World War II strategy game, and Udo discovers that the game's consequences may be all too real. Written in 1989 and found among Roberto Bola o's papers after his death, The Third Reich is a stunning exploration of memory and violence. Reading this quick, visceral novel, we see a world-class writer coming into his own--and exploring for the first time the themes that would define his masterpieces The Savage Detectives and 2666. |