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La Isla Inutil
La Isla Inutil, is a brief Novel in the American Traditional Style, where dialaogues sustain a fast happening story that is hard to abandon.
Walter Bardelli, main character, is hurting from a fundamental failure in his life and escapes to Port-au-Sang, a Caribbean Island, to run out of everyone's life as it happens with those who die. He is then convinced, through his new friend Paul Felsom, that there are no islands any more.
Walter Bardelli, main character, is hurting from a fundamental failure in his life and escapes to Port-au-Sang, a Caribbean Island, to run out of everyone's life as it happens with those who die. He is then convinced, through his new friend Paul Felsom, that there are no islands any more.
116 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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April 8, 2024
Lo leí simplemente porque un título así no me puede pasar desapercibido.
Esta es una historia corta y bien escrita que acabaré por olvidar. Es buena, lo suficiente como para haber deseado que el cercanías hubiese durado un poco más para acabarla en ese instante, pero no lo es hasta el punto de quedarme con algo concreto de la misma.
Creo que con el tiempo sólo acabaré recordando el título, pero no me importa, el proceso ha sido bastante entretenido.
Esta es una historia corta y bien escrita que acabaré por olvidar. Es buena, lo suficiente como para haber deseado que el cercanías hubiese durado un poco más para acabarla en ese instante, pero no lo es hasta el punto de quedarme con algo concreto de la misma.
Creo que con el tiempo sólo acabaré recordando el título, pero no me importa, el proceso ha sido bastante entretenido.
July 6, 2025
No es el mejor libro que vayas a leer, pero funciona si buscas algo ligero, interesante y de lectura rápida.
A mi parecer, la historia queda algo desnuda. Le falta profundidad…querrías saber mucho más. Aun así, tiene una nota entrañable.
En resumen, una lectura de paso.
Nota al pie: Interesante referencia cinematográfica.
A mi parecer, la historia queda algo desnuda. Le falta profundidad…querrías saber mucho más. Aun así, tiene una nota entrañable.
En resumen, una lectura de paso.
Nota al pie: Interesante referencia cinematográfica.
August 2, 2015
"La Isla Inutil" is a short, adventure novel based in the Port-au-sang Island, written by the Argentine author, Horacio Vàzquez Rial. Walter Bardelli (main character) goes to this Island looking for a peaceful place to live in to escape from the failures in his life. Anyhow, as time passes by, he finds out that this Island is just as bad as all other places. It was filled with people looking for gold and prostitutes and it was controlled by a violent "dictatorship". When a man tried to overthrow it, they used the deadliest weapon to destroy him: a woman. During this story, a lot of gold are in danger as well as many lives.
Honestly this is not my favorite type of book. I did find it interesting and I thought the message that the author tried to deliver was very true: There is no completely "peaceful" place anymore. People can be happy and live in peace but above that there will always be a layer of people looking for money and power. However, apart from the theme, I didn't enjoy this book as much as others. Nevertheless, even when the story was not as attractive to me, being it so fast flowing, I didn't find myself wanting to stop reading.
Honestly this is not my favorite type of book. I did find it interesting and I thought the message that the author tried to deliver was very true: There is no completely "peaceful" place anymore. People can be happy and live in peace but above that there will always be a layer of people looking for money and power. However, apart from the theme, I didn't enjoy this book as much as others. Nevertheless, even when the story was not as attractive to me, being it so fast flowing, I didn't find myself wanting to stop reading.
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