El Padrino - Softcover

Puzo, Mario; Becker, Howard

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ISBN 10: 8498723523 ISBN 13: 9788498723526

Publisher: Zeta Bolsillo, 2010

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Nominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read
Con El Padrino, Mario Puzo consigui� crear un g�nero.

Novela sobre la Mafia, protagonizada por Vito Corleone, que revolucion� el mundo literario con su publicaci�n en 1969.

La publicaci�n de El Padrino en 1969 convulsion� el mundo literario. Por primera vez, la Mafia protagonizaba una novela y era retratada desde dentro. Mario Puzo la presentaba no como una mera asociaci�n de facinerosos, sino como una compleja sociedad con una cultura propia y una jerarqu�a aceptada incluso m�s all� de los c�rculos de la delincuencia.

El Padrino narra la historia de un hombre, Vito Corleone, el capo m�s respetado de Nueva York. D�spota benevolente, implacable con sus rivales, inteligente y fiel a los principios del honor y la amistad. Don Corleone dirige un emporio que abarca el fraude y la extorsi�n, los juegos de azar y el control de los sindicatos.

La vida y negocios de Don Corleone, as� como los de su hijo y heredero Michael, conforman el eje de esta magistral obra.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Mario Puzo's classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.

A #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo's epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. A tale of family and society, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream.

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The publication of The Godfather in 1969 rocked the literary world. For the first time a novel starring by the Mafia was portrayed from the inside. Mario Puzo presented it not as a mere association of villains, but as a complex society with its own culture and hierarchy accepted even beyond the circles of crime. The Godfather tells the story of a man: Vito Corleone, the most respected capo in New York. Benevolent despot, ruthless with his rivals, intelligent and faithful to the principles of honor and friendship, Don Corleone runs an empire that covers fraud and extortion, gambling and control of unions. The live and businesses of Don Corleone, as well as his son and heir, Michael, form the heart of this magisterial work. With The Godfather, Mario Puzo managed to create a genre.

About the Author:

Mario Puzo naci� en 1920 en Nueva York en el seno de una familia de origen italiano. Sus dos primeras novelas tuvieron una excelenteacogida, pero su consagraci�n definitiva lleg� con la publicaci�n de El Padrino en 1969. Su labor como guionista de El Padrino I yEl Padrino II, dirigidas por Francis Ford Coppola, le vali� dos Oscar.

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