false <![CDATA[El pintor de batallas]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170435802m/54076.jpg 54076 25 Faulques, a war photographer, witnessed most of the wars of the end of the 20th Century, but he was never able to capture the photo that would explain the chaos of the universe. Now, as continues to try to understand it, he starts painting a grand circular fresco on the inside wall of a tower on the Mediterranean, disturbed by the memories of a woman he can never forget, and an unexpected visit: a man who wants to kill him. Description in Spanish: En una torre junto al Mediterráneo, en busca de la foto que nunca pudo hacer, un antiguo fotógrafo de guerra pinta un gran fresco circular en la pared: el paisaje intemporal de una batalla. Lo acompañan en la tarea un rostro que regresa del pasado para cobrar una deuda mortal, y la sombra de una mujer desaparecida diez años atrás. En torno a esos tres personajes, Arturo Pérez-Reverte ha escrito la más intensa y turbadora historia de su larga carrera de novelista. Deslumbrante de principio a fin, El pintor de batallas arrastra al lector, subyugado, a través de la compleja geometría del caos del siglo XXI: el arte, la ciencia, la guerra, el amor, la lucidez y la soledad, se combinan en el vasto mural de un mundo que agoniza. 1131186 5 3 2006 El pintor de batallas total:291|5:69|4:95|3:81|2:34|1:12| 291 1048 469 92 2 2 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 10 13:38:21 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 08:39:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 15 12:47:47 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 12:48:17 -0700 2008
Perez-Reverte draws you into the story as he me...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Feb 10 10:48:27 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 10 10:48:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 06 06:00:07 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 06:34:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:55:47 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:55:47 -0800 2009 "It's the nearest I've got to a personal memoir," explains best-selling Spanish author Arturo Prez-Reverte, who drew extensively on his experience as a war correspondent while writing The Painter of Battles. A departure from his highly regarded thrillers and historical dramas (Captain...

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The basic premise is the life story, looking towards the past, of a famous war photographer. He's isolated and painting a huge battle to rival anything he's ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 20:51:25 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 16:20:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 11:29:34 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 11:35:19 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 05:38:46 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 06:38:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 00:18:39 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 18:09:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 15:15:11 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 09:06:47 -0700 2009
His writing is the primary pull for this book. But as a novel, it's lacklustre at best. The action is minimal; flashbacks serving as the only force driving the s...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:34:48 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 19:17:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 11 20:48:24 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 20:57:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 12:10:23 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 08:51:23 -0800 2009 Faulques has retired to a tower on the Spanish coast where he is painting a mural of all the battles he has seen both throug...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 13:33:17 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 14:15:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 05:17:51 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 05:23:41 -0700 2008

EXPLORING THE GEOMETRY OF CHAOS

“Geometry” is a recurring word and concept throughout Arturo Perez-Reverte’s dark novel, THE PAINTER OF BATTLES. His protagonist, Andres Faulques,...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 11:33:01 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 11:33:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 06 18:26:21 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 18:18:50 -0700 2008 By Arturo Perez-Reverte

I love any book that has to do with the Balkans. It’s a bit like Waiting for Godot,. I would offer the alternative title: “Waiting for the Croat (to Kill You).” Like The Optimists, it’s about a photographer decompressing from b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 25 17:30:11 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 08 11:59:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 02:02:39 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 02:02:39 -0800 2008 Perez-Reverte, before becoming a writer, was a war correspondent. Did this inspire this book?
The story is amazing, as a retired war photographer looks back through his memories, trying to see ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=54076