Una Mujer Inoportuna
Dunne, Dominnick
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Add to basketSold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketFormer library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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En Los Ángeles, a principios de los noventa, todo el mundo envidia a Pauline y Jules Mendelson. Casados desde hace más de veinte años, con una reputación intachable y siempre envueltos en un halo de estudiada elegancia, sus fiestas en su espléndida mansión son cita obligada en la vida social de la ciudad. Pero esta estampa de perfección se disipa cuando las luces se apagan y asoma la vasta red de favores, mentiras e hipocresías que sostiene el imperio de los poderosos. Así, cuando Jules se encapricha de Flo, una camarera que sueña con ser actriz, cree que podrá controlar la situación y mantener una discreta aventura con ella, sin sospechar que se convertirá en una peligrosa obsesión. Por otro lado, la doble vida de uno de los mejores amigos de Pauline amenazará con sacar a la luz los secretos que esta opulenta comunidad intenta esconder a cualquier precio.
En la que está considerada por la crítica como su novela más lograda, Dominick Dunne vuelve a su tema favorito para perfilar con exquisito detalle la intimidad de la alta sociedad estadounidense de finales del siglo xx. Un vívido retrato de la peculiar tipología de sus miembros y de sus costumbres, y del entramado de corrupción que les permite conservar sus privilegios.
«'Una mujer inoportuna' se eleva como un ácido retrato de la opulenta clase alta norteamericana del siglo XX. (…) La prosa divertida, punzante y vertiginosa de Dunne ―que asume inevitablemente ecos de Fitzgerald― sume al espectador en la espiral que devora a los dos protagonistas de esta novela deliciosa.» Adrián Viéitez (Zenda)
«Dominick Dunne retrata el mundo de la alta sociedad de Los Ángeles, a principios de años noventa, regido por los principios de que el dinero y la posición social lo pueden todo. (…) Dunne perfila con una extraordinaria pericia narrativa la historia del matrimonio Mendelson y de quienes pululan su entorno.» Iñigo Urruria (El Diario Vasco)
«Hurga en la intimidad de los ricos, los poderosos, a los que abre en canal para mostrar su vida sin cortapisas, de forma detallada y exquisita.» Mariola Riera (La Nueva España)
«Su mejor novela.» The New York Times Book Review
«Una novela inteligente. Dunne sabe cómo se sienten sus personajes, cómo hablan, las cosas que ocultan y las que enseñan. Ha vivido en Los Ángeles pero tiene suficiente distancia para contarlo. Sabe todo lo que hay que saber. Pero sabe también que hay poco de ese mundo que envidiar.» Jill Robinson (The New York Times)
«El mayor cronista de la sociedad americana desde Truman Capote, el único que escribe de la alta sociedad desde dentro.» Vanity Fair
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