Narrativa (Punto de Lectura): El Sueño del Celta (Paperback)

from nosajeel

My third historical novel in a row. And it was not nearly as good as Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies or Laurent Binet's HHhH (not to mention Vargas Llosa's absolutely brilliant The Feast of the Goat or epic The War at the End of the World). Although it was still worth reading.Bring Up the Bod...

from Laura400

As others have said, this is a book with an incredible subject that unfortunately does not fully flower as a novel. Just as Roger Casement is a man whose remarkable achievements and commitment to human rights were undermined and almost lost to history by his equally considerable mistakes, so does...

from stevesmits

Roger Casement is a figure in the history of anti-colonialism who is no longer widely remembered. In this exceedingly well-researched historical novel, Vargas Llosa recounts Casement's remarkable work at the turn of the 20th century to draw the world's attention to the real meaning and motives of...

from jasonlf

My third historical novel in a row. And it was not nearly as good as Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies or Laurent Binet's HHhH (not to mention Vargas Llosa's absolutely brilliant The Feast of the Goat or epic The War at the End of the World). Although it was still worth reading. Bring Up the Bo...

from FCH123

I did not know Casement's story. I appreciate the opportunity to learn of his hard-earned work in bringing the abuse of peoples in the Congo and in Amazonia to light. In the end though, his ridiculous idea to forward Irish independence by allying with the Kaiser's Germany did him and his dream of...