El husar/ The Husar (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Author)

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Publication Date: June 10, 2008

''El Husar is my first novel. Written in 1983 between two war articles, at that time I had no intentions to dedicate myself to writing literature, and published almost by chance by a publishing company with which I never maintained a good relationship, it has taken me almost 20 years to recover the publication rights. Now this novel surfaces again, finally to my liking, with a suitable revision, corrected of errors and lightened of some unnecessary adverbs and adjectives.'' -Arturo Perez-Reverte. Description in Spanish: ''Un relato intenso y habil que hoy figura entre lo mejor del conjunto de su obra. Su historia, las experiencias militares en Andalucia, en 1808, del subteniente del ejercito napoleonico Frederic Gluntz, habla de una cosa, del desarrollo de unas batallas, y se refiere a otra, al sentido de la vida y a la condicion humana frente a una situacion limite. Un relato de accion, pero no solo ni sobre todo''. Santos Sanz Villanueva

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Punto De Lectura (June 10, 2008)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8466307222
• ISBN-13: 978-8466307222
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars El Husar, February 14, 2009

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Jose S. Guzman (Laredo, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El husar/ The Husar (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Un libro excelente. De lectura fácil y rápida. El autor, Pérez Reverte hecha mano de su experiencia en campos de batalla como corresponsal de guerra, para dar su opinión acerca de lo que es, realmente, un conflicto armado.

Un libro muy en la línea de aquellos del Emilio Salgari de mi adolescencia, lleno de apologías para el sentido del honor, la caballerosidad, la amistad y la lealtad. Aunque mas realista en su trama.

Un libro, en fin, que pretende ser entretenido, que desarrolla una trama sin muchas pretensiones, y que retrata de manera admirable a esas personalidades fascinantes que fueron los Húsares.

Vale la pena leerlo!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hu-wha? HuSAR, September 15, 2006

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Michael S. Sullivan "ApostateBuddha" (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El Husar (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

This early effort is not Perez-Reverte's best, but the promise of "Captain Alatriste" and the great swashbuckling narrative is clear. "El Husar" is difficult to explain, in a sense: the Napoleonic occupation of Spain written by a native Spaniard, from the perspective of a German (from Alscace) in Napoleon's army. The narrative is clear, single-person, lucid and beautiful as all Arturo Perez-Reverte is. A little gory for my taste; nothing is perfect.

The book is only available in it's original Spanish. I recommend it to those who like the era, more than those who like the author.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting., August 10, 2008

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Tom C (Santa Rosa CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: El Husar (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

The style is overblown and the characters don't develop, but the book is interesting as the first novel of a man whose mature works are those of a superb writer. Some of the military vocabulary of the early 19th century is arcane and difficult but doubtless well-researched.