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El vuelo de la reina/ The Flight of the Queen (Plenos Pecados)
A director of a reputable newspaper in Buenos Aires falls in love with a talented journalist, half his age. As political corruption unfolds in a country headed for destruction, the lust for power and desire illustrate a fresco whose ultimate finish takes the reader through a story that mirrors reality.
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
April 30th 2009
by Alfaguara
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The obsession that this powerful newspaper director precipitates into is described with force. The female lead is beautifully complex and confused and trapped, trying to set herself free from his power. End is sort of movie-ish, but until then it traps you inside this guy's totally fucked up mind and his justifying every act of violence. Makes you think about when you justify your own actions, where you're coming from. It gets so sick, and his being a man of power in Argentina, he does not hesit...more
Nunca tinha lido nada do Tomás Eloy MartÃnez, apesar de já terem me indicado, há um tempo, Santa Evita e La Novela de Perón. Seu modo de escrever favorece uma leitura fluida, ao mesmo tempo em que constrói frases tão bonitas que me obrigaram a pegar um lápis para sublinhá-las. O fato de mesclar ficção e realidade me agradou muito - neste romance, a ficção se mistura à tragédia provocada pelo jornalista brasileiro Pimenta Neves, que assassinou sua ex-namorada, Sandra Gomide, num haras perto de Sã...more
Tengo que admitir que quedé un poco confundido al final de ésta novela, pero la realidad del caso es que me gustó la manera del escritor de mostrar la obsesión del personaje principal, algo completamente enfermizo. La técnica narrativa de diferentes tiempos me confundió al principio pero luego lo encontré bien interesante.
Esta es una novela sobre el ascenso de una mujer por medio de un hombre que se ha obsesionado con ella, y como ese vuelo la puede llevara la catástrofe. Me gustó mucho el lenguaje de este autor, y eso me animó a leer otra cosa de él.
double. everything is connected to everything else. Read again fall semester 2007--not as good the second time.
Lo primero que leà de Eloy MartÃnez y probablemente también lo último...
A story of the obsession of a woman by a narcissist.
Está maquiavélico
Definitivamente hay algo "sucio" en la literatura latinoamericana que la hace excelente. Este libro es un buen ejemplo de eso.
This book is very well-written with complex psychology behind all of the main characters and interesting allusions to Argentina's history and culture.
It also really creeped me out.
It also really creeped me out.
I did not expect a different ending.
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MartÃnez obtained a degree in Spanish and Latin American literature from the University of Tucumán, and an MA at the University of Paris. From 1957 to 1961 he was a film critic in Buenos Aires for the La Nación newspaper, and he then was editor in chief (1962-69) of the magazine Primera Plana. From 1969 to 1970 he worked as a reporter in Paris. In 1969 MartÃnez interviewed former Argentine Preside...more
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