- Heretics - Leonardo Padura Elena Zayas - Books

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  • Disappointing in light of the author's ambitions  

    Heretics (Paperback)
    Detective story? Historical novel? Thinking about the present and past heresies, on religions and political systems that oppress individuals and peoples? This novel brews all genres without reaching the maîtriser.La construction is heavy and often pe
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  • Good, but far from the "man who loved dogs."  

    Heretics (Paperback)
    I read many thrillers Leonardo Padura. I like his characters, his moods, his painting of a country where everything is falling apart. With "The Man Who Loved Dogs," "paved" Mixing reality and fiction about Trotsky's assassination, Leon
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  • Stodgy and boring  

    Heretics (Paperback)
    Certainly, it seems that painting and tribulations associated with certain paintings have become powerful inspiration romantic reasons in recent years. We have been entitled, among others, the formidable "Goldfinch" Donna Tartt, the recent and f
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  • Rembrandt in Havana  

    Heretics (Paperback)
    Living free is more than a choice, it is a daily struggle. Against society, the community, the powers that be, both the moral and the eyes of others. Heretics, this mural by Leonardo Padura, honors those trying to chart their own course, even shockin
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  • Long, slow, heavy ..  

    Heretics (Paperback)
    L.Padura wrote a masterpiece ("The Man Who Loved Dogs"), estimable thrillers (investigations of former Inspector Conde), novels interesting but often talkative ("The palm tree and star ") This novel, which received a very positive revi
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  • Informative, uneven and too long  

    Heretics (Paperback)
    Divided in a "biblical" in several "books" connected by a Rembrandt painting, red thread of a very instructive story (including the second in the 17th century Amsterdam), all on very very critical background watered (we can understand
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  • a must read 153  

    Heretics (Paperback)
    Yes, to read by lovers of Cuba, those who love history, and those who INTERESTED s al Art, and obviously those who like a little ... complicated investigations style of writing complex Padura but intense reading .. . I love it!
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  • 20 euros for 5 books: it is a gift  

    Heretics (Paperback)
    - 3 thrillers: one on the Jews in pre-Castro era, one on Dutch painting of the 17th, one on the new punks contemporary Cuba, - A treaty of how to live well under the Cuban sun and rum vapors, - A history book on Jewish culture throughout the ages. At
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