Don de lenguas
Book 1 of 3: MartíRosa Ribas, Sabine Hofmann
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Add to basket2014. 1st Edition. mass_market. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Una novela negra muy original que atrapará al lector con guiños inteligentes a los clásicos del género.
Barcelona, 1952. Quedan pocas semanas para el Congreso Eucarístico, y la consigna oficial es dar una imagen impoluta de la ciudad, pues está en juego la legitimidad internacional del Régimen.
Ana Martí, novata cronista de sociedad de La Vanguardia, cubre la noticia del asesinato de Mariona Sobrerroca, una conocida viuda burguesa. A lo largo de la investigación descubre nuevas pistas que se apartan de la versión oficial de los hechos y recurre a la ayuda de su prima Beatriz Noguer, una eminente filóloga, para confirmarlas. Lo que en un principio parecía una simple consulta se convierte en el inicio de una serie de revelaciones en las que están implicadas personas muy influyentes de la sociedad barcelonesa...
En medio de un ambiente hostil dominado por la corrupción y la violencia, la inteligencia y el arrojo de Ana y los conocimientos de Beatriz serán sus únicas armas para resolver el caso.
La crítica ha dicho...
«Una historia muy original que juega con los elementos clásicos de manera sutil. Buena literatura negra.»
Alicia Giménez Bartlett
«No lo duden, les va a gustar.»
Domingo Villar
«Ribas y Hofmann proponen con este original thriller "filológico", impecablemente escrito, un viaje a la oscura Barcelona de los 50, de la mano de una pareja de investigadores tan sorprendente como eficaz.»
Lorenzo Silva
Rosa Ribas (Prat del Llobregat, Barcelona, 1963) es una de las escritoras más reconocidas del género de intriga actual, elogiada por otros autores, libreros y un número cada vez mayor de lectores. Sus novelas se publican en varios países y su serie de la comisaria Cornelia, hija de madre gallega y padre alemán -lo que le ha dado la capacidad de lidiar con todo, un fino sentido del humor y una aguda capacidad de observación-, es un éxito en Alemania, donde la publica la prestigiosa editorial Suhrkamp.
Ribas estudió Filología Hispánica en la Universidad de Barcelona y, desde 1991, reside en Fráncfort, Alemania. Ha publicado tres novelas independientes -El pintor de Flandes, La detective miope y Pensión Leonardo-, la novela por entregas Miss Fifty y dos series de novelas policíacas: la escrita en colaboración con Sabine Hofmann que inauguró Don de lenguas y continúa El gran frío, y la protagonizada por la comisaria Cornelia Weber-Tejedor, formada por Entre dos aguas, Con anuncio y En caída libre, a la que se suma ahora esta nueva entrega: Si no, lo matamos.
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Sabine Hofmann nació en 1964 en Bochum, Alemania, pero actualmente vive en la pequeña ciudad de Michelstadt. Estudió filología románica y germánica, y trabajó varios años como docente en la Universidad de Frankfurt. Allí conoció a Rosa y empezó una larga amistad que la escritura conjunta de Don de lenguas, El gran frío y Azul marino, lejos de destruir, ha afianzado.
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