Mariolein Sabarte Belacortu Books

Een jonge Amerikaanse geheim agent gaat tijdens het Proces van Neurenberg vlak na de oorlog op zoek naar het hoofd van het atoombomonderzoek van nazi-Duitsland en vindt vooral zichzelf.

Por detrás dos altos muros, do lado de lá dos portões reforçados por barreiras e franqueados por guaritas de vigilância, encontra-se o condomínio fechado de Altos de la Cascada. Cá fora, o bairro popular de Santa María de los Tigrecitos, a auto-estrada, a cidade, o resto do mundo. Em Altos de la Cascada vivem famílias que levam um estilo de vida que querem manter custe o que custar. No condomínio, um grupo de homens reúne-se semanalmente longe dos olhares dos filhos, das empregadas domésticas e das mulheres (que, excluídas desse encontro varonil, se autodenominam, brincando, «as viúvas das quintas-feiras»). Mais eis que uma noite a rotina se quebra e esse facto permite descobrir, num país que está a desmoronar-se, o lado obscuro de uma vida perfeita.

In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is heartbroken, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, the novel is overflowing with symbolic descriptions as it vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator embodies at once the best and the worst of human nature.