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Ildefonso Falcones (Author)
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August 18, 2009
La apasionante historia de un joven atrapado entre dos religiones y dos amores, en busca de su libertad y la de su pueblo

España, segunda mitad del siglo XVI: hace más de medio siglo que ha desaparecido el último reino musulmán de la península, el de Granada. Los musulmanes, cuya presencia tenía ochocientos años de antigüedad, se ven convertidos en una minoría oprimida económicamente y humillada en sus costumbres y religión, que incluso son obligados a abandonar.

Hartos de tanta injusticia, los moriscos, que es como se llamaba a los musulmanes españoles, se alzan en los montes de Granada contra los cristianos y emprenden una lucha desigual. Entre los sublevados está Hernando, hijo de una morisca y del sacerdote que la había violado; ello hace que sea rechazado, tanto por los suyos debido a su origen, como por los cristianos, por la cultura y costumbres de su madre. Hernando busca libertad y respeto, pero se encuentra con la brutalidad de unos y otros. También descubre el amor, en la persona de la valerosa Fátima, la de los hermosos ojos negros.

Tras la derrota de la insurrección, Hernando es deportado a la ciudad de Córdoba, la hermosa ciudad que aún conserva el legado de su pasado árabe. En ella Hernando intenta comenzar una nueva vida, que será una nueva etapa en la lucha por la tolerancia y la concordia entre las dos culturas.

El autor de La catedral del mar vuelve con una trepidante novela con las mismas claves que llevaron al éxito a la primera: fidelidad histórica entrecruzada con un conmovedor relato de amor y odio, de ilusiones perdidas y esperanzas que dan sentido a la vida y la lanzan por los caminos de la aventura.

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About the Author

Ildefonso Falcones, casado y padre de cuatro hijos, es abogado y ejerce en Barcelona. La catedral del mar, su primera novela se convirtió en un éxito editorial mundial sin precedentes, reconocida tanto por los lectores como la crítica y publicada en más de cuarenta países. Con más de cuatro millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo, Falcones se ha consagrado como el autor de novela histórica más vendido de España.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 960 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (August 18, 2009)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 0307476065
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307476067
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1.6 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Ildefonso Falcones is married with four children and lives in Barcelona where he works as a lawyer. Cathedral of the Sea is intended as a homage to a people who built one of the most beautiful churches on earth in only fifty-four years. This historical novel has become an extraordinary publishing success with both readers and critics. Translation rights have been sold in 32 countries to date. It has won many prizes, including the Euskadi de Plata 2006 for the best novel in Spanish, the Qué Leer 2007 Prize for the best book, and the prestigious Italian Giovanni Boccaccio 2007 award for best foreign author.

 

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Apasionante novela histórica, September 28, 2009
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Se trata de una novela histórica de aventuras que narra el enfrentamiento entre los moriscos (musúlmanes afincados en Al Andalus) y los cristianos.

El entorno se desarrolla en la Alpujarra granadina en épocas posteriores a la reconquista de Granada por los Reyes Católicos.

Hernando, hijo bastardo de un sacerdote y una morisca, vive todo tipo de atrocidades y aventuras en las que busca el encuentro con su amada, Fátima, una pequeña morisca que rescata por error en el fragor de una batalla.

Muy recomendada su lectura.
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars "Second novel syndrome", October 20, 2009
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This is the story of Hernando Ruíz, or Ibn Hamid, the bastard son of a Catholic priest and a muslin woman, Aisha. The period is the second half of the XVIth century (the book covers the periods from December 1568 to 1612) in Spain. Since 1498, when the moors were expelled from Spain, they become a minority that is abused and oppressed by the new rulers of the land--the Christians. Hernando will represent all the tragedies that both parties will inflict on each other.

Aisha later married a Muslim man, José, or Brajín, who bears him four more children: Musa, Zahara, Aquil, and Ruiza--two boys and two girls. Brajín barely tolerates his wife's bastard son--who has clear blue eyes--and is nickname the Nazarene by both Muslims and Christians and rejected by both cultures.

Tired of the Catholic abuse, the moors rebelled in the town of Júviles (near Granada) in 1568, massacring thousands of Christians and burning their Churches. Hernando is part of the rebellion. But he manages to save the lives Alfonso de Córdova the duke of Monterreal, and Isabel, a small blonde child whose brother was dismembered by the Muslim crowd.

Phillip second crushes the rebellion and this time it is the Muslims who are massacred by the Christians. Hernando is torn by the cruelty of the two faiths he belongs to--and dominates perfectly well--until he meets Fátima, who he falls madly in love. Brajín, his stepfather desires Fátima and sells his stepson as a slave to the Turks and marries Fátima. Later Fátima divorces Brajín and marries Hernando, giving him children. But Brajín goes to Tunis where he sets shop as a pirate and kidnaps Fátima and her children. Aisha, Hernando's mother lies to him and tells him that Fátima is dead and so are her sons.

After the defeat, Hernando is deported to Córdova, where he starts a new life, marries a Christian wife and makes an attempt through a convoluted plan of false documents and the cult of the Virgin Mary--which is shared by both Muslims and Catholics--to achieve peace and harmony between the two religions.

Ironically, this reconciliatory movement could be applied today, where religious differences are causing so much suffering and havoc.

This is Falcones second novel. After The Cathedral of the Sea, (La Catedral del Mar) which I consider a masterpiece, I was quite disillusioned by his second novel. He is suffering from "second novel syndrome": going from 672 pages on her first novel to 955 on the second.

Whereas in La Catedral del Mar loyalty, vengeance, treason, love, disease, and war mix in a world marked by religious intolerance, ambition, and social status--there is Fátima's Hand suffers from verbiage that has very little reason to be. Two many characters, too many love interests, losing the wife, gaining the wife. His mother lying to him to ruin his life--the drama is intolerable. I wanted the book to be over by the 300th page.

The book is a combination of the story of Hernando Ruíz and an very poor attempt by the author to find reconciliation between Muslims and Christians. The combination does not work and it creates a painful experience for the reader.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bueno!, December 6, 2009
This review is from: La Mano de Fátima (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
En este libro Falcones no da nuevamente una novela histórica llena de intrigas, desgracias, amor, odio y demás.

Al inicio, hasta que no hizo su aparición "La Mano de Fátima" me estaba desesperando no saber qué relación tenía la historia con el título del libro (esto sucede luego de 90 páginas más o menos).

El libro es bastante largo, pero la verdad no sé que pudo haber eliminado el autor. Otras novelas históricas muy famosas son igual de largas así que creo que la longitud es parte de la complejidad de contar una novela dentro de un contexto histórico.

Una de las reseñas menciona que "el autor trata de reconciliar a los musulmanes con los cristianos, esta combinación no funciona y crea una experiencia dolorosa para el lector". Creo que el comentario está de más ya que esto es parte de la misma descripción del libro:

"Tras la derrota de la insurrección, Hernando es deportado a la ciudad de Córdoba, la hermosa ciudad que aún conserva el legado de su pasado árabe. En ella Hernando intenta comenzar una nueva vida, que será una nueva etapa en la lucha por la tolerancia y la concordia entre las dos culturas."

Sobre si esta combinación funciona o no: Todos conocemos el final de la historia, los moriscos o moros son expulsados de España...

Muy buenos los comentarios del autor al final del libro donde se presentan algunas referencias históricas de la época.

Altamente recomendable al igual que el primer libro de Ildefonso Falcones (La catedral del mar (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition)), las novelas no tienen relación así que pueden leerse en el orden que se desee. Me gustó más el primero y me coloco en la fila para el próximo!
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