El Juego del Angel (Vintage Espanol) | 
| Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 142595
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 672
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.7 x 1.8
ISBN: 030745536X
Dewey Decimal Number: 863.64
EAN: 9780307455369
ASIN: 030745536X
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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Product Description
Con El Juego del Angel, el autor de La Sombra del Viento vuelve al cautivador mundo de la Barcelona del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados para sumergirnos de nuevo en una apasionante historia de traicion, tragedia y amor.
David Martin es un joven periodista y aspirante a escritor en los anos 20 que pasa rapidamente de escribir en un pequeno diario local a publicar novelas, primero bajo pseudonimo y mas tarde bajo su propio nombre. Al mismo tiempo, espoleado por la mujer que ama, Cristina Sagnier, reescribe secretamente la novela de su amigo y mentor Pedro Vidal. Cuando las dos novelas ven la luz, la suya es vapuleada por la critica mientras que la de Vidal se convierte en un exito. David, hundido, aceptara entonces la misteriosa propuesta del editor Andrea Corelli de escribir “una historia por la que los hombres sean capaces de vivir y morir”.
Entretanto, David se introduce al fascinante universo del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados, donde las reglas le permiten “salvar” un solo libro. La eleccion del inquietante Lux Aeterna, escrito por un hombre con sus mismas iniciales D.M., no sera tan casual como David cree. Mientras escribe el libro y a la vez trata de poner orden en su vida, David se vera envuelto en una absorbente trama con Andrea Corelli, Pedro Vidal, Cristina Sagnier y el enigmatico escritor D.M., cuyo descenso a los infiernos replica escalofriantemente el del propio David.
El Juego del Angel es una gran aventura de intriga, romance y tragedia, a traves de un laberinto de secretos donde el embrujo de los libros, la pasion y la amistad se conjugan en un relato magistral.
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 Very well done July 22, 2008
This is quite possibly one of the best books I have EVER read. Very well written, and very moving with every scene that attempted to invoke it. His style is fantastic, and this book made Zafon one of my favorite authors of all time, adding so much flavor to our current literary scene. Don't get me wrong, I loved La Sombra del Viento also. This one was incredible to say the least. Someone else mentioned on here that this is a sequel. This is actually a PREQUEL to La Sombra del Viento, as according to the Epilogue, Daniel Sempere is born, and someone important to him dies a little later (I won't spoil it).
Muy disfrutable June 27, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
El nuevo libro de Ruiz Zafon - el Juego del Angel, en verdad me cautivo. El final puede ser discutible, acelerado, con no todas las respuestas a todas las posibles preguntas, pero las primeras 640 paginas ( de las 666) son fascinantes, disfrutables de leer, de gran imaginacion, y de alguna manera te hace sentir en una Barcelona de comienzos del siglo xx.
Intriga, misterios (mas lineales que en La Sombra del Viento , donde uno llevaba a otro y era como un juego de damas chinas), una atmosfera magica, extrana y de a momentos cuasi mistica. Realmente muy interesante y de lectura muy recomendable.
great novel June 23, 2008
Ruiz Safon is an extraordinary novelist, this new one is like La sombra del Viento in quality, I recomend this one to everybody who likes historic novel.
Let's discuss the contents and not so much the binding ... June 15, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I read "La Sombra del Viento" (Shadow of the Wind) in one sitting, and thought it to be one of the best books I've read in the last 10 years. It took me just three days to finish this one, which is supposed to be a sequel, but you can perfectly read it independently of The Shadow. I don't want to be unfair with this one, cause I loved the other one so much. It is a good book, kept me going and interested, and found some parts very catching. I am not giving it 5 stars cause I was a bit dissapointed with the end, I felt the author had already written too many pages and some editor told him "that's it, you have to end it". Nevertheless, I strongly recommend it.
About book binding June 10, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Errr... book binding is something quite different from cover art! The binding on this book (binding being how the book is manufactured; how it is sewn and glued) really is terrible. I had to trawl through 15 copies in my bookshop to find a book with binding that was not torn.
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