LA Tabla De Flandes (Alfaguara Extra) (Extra Alfaguara) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Arturo Perez-Reverte (Author)

Book Description

Series: Extra Alfaguara | Publication Date: August 31, 1999

A secret that could have changed the history of Europe is hidden in the chess game depicted in a fifteenth-century painting. Five centuries later, a young art expert, a gay antiquarian, and a peculiar chess player team up to unveil the mystery. They are all pieces in a diabolic chess game in which pieces are taken and players are murdered. "Paradoxes and puzzles abound. A sleek, sophisticated, madly clever, chamber mystery about chess, life, and art."—The New York Times Book Review

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Paradoxes and puzzles abound. A sleek, sophisticated, madly clever chamber mystery about chess, life, and art. --The New York Times Book Review --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Arturo Perez-Reverte (Cartagena, Spain, 1951) was a newspaper columnist and former television journalist for twenty-one years. Now he is fully dedicated to literature and is considered one of the top-10 international novelists. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages and published in thirty countries, selling over two million copies worldwide. Four of his books have been made into movies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 410 pages
• Publisher: Santillana USA Pub Co Inc; Spanish Language edition (August 31, 1999)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8420427845
• ISBN-13: 978-8420427843
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,979,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars El Alejandro Dumas del Siglo XXI, July 9, 2002

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Roberto Antonacci "Rob" (Miami, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LA Tabla De Flandes (Alfaguara Extra) (Extra Alfaguara) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Considero a Arturo Perez-Reverte como el Alejandro Dumas del siglo XXI. Sus novelas, para mi gusto, van más allá de lo espectacular y cautivante. Desde la primera oración te quedas prisionero de este narrador maestro. Cuando empiezo a leer, pocas cosas hay en el mundo capaces de hacerme soltar el libro. Leí la Tabla de Flandes de principio a fin, sin parar. Literalmente. Las historias de este genio español son tales que es como comer un manjar tan exquisito que quisieras que nunca acabe. No voy a contar aquí de qué se trata el libro. Baste decir que es una lectura maravillosa, sorpresiva y que lleva el arte de la narración a un nivel de éxtasis y suspenso para el lector que sólo puedes encontrar en autores sobrehumanos como Dumas, Julio Verne, Victor Hugo y Mark Twain. Aparte de La Tabla de Flandes, recomiendo intensamente la lectura de La Carta Esférica, La Piel del Tambor, El Club Dumas, El Maestro de Esgrima y la "atípica" (dentro del universo Perez-Revertiano) trilogía del Capitán Alatriste. Recomiendo este libro (y todas las novelas del autor) sin absolutamente ninguna reserva.

5.0 out of 5 stars I got this early, February 8, 2011

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This review is from: La Tabla de Flandes (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I thought my delivery was going to take 14 days but it only took 4 days. I'm very happy with this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I could read it in the original language, May 13, 2002

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Isabella K. Badenoch "izi" (Vientiane, Lao PDR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LA Tabla De Flandes (Alfaguara Extra) (Extra Alfaguara) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I bought this Spanish version for my sister-in-law, who is Spanish. I absolutely loves Perez-Reverte's novels and have read them all and The Flander's Panel is still my absolute favorite of the lot. I wanted someone to read it in the original language, hence the gift. I hope I'm not missing much by reading the translations.