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Chargement... The Legend of Brokenpar Caleb Carr
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  Natt90 | Feb 17, 2023 |    ) skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 | ) gahoward67 | Jun 12, 2016 | I wish I could have given this 2 1/2 stars. It's a really interesting and well-done exercise, complete with footnotes and all, of something like Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The actual story took a while to grow on me. By the time it was getting interesting, the book was almost over. I'm not sure if it was the subject matter or not, but it didn't grab me quite as much as The Alienist. ( ) KarenM61 | Nov 28, 2013 | I wish I could have given this 2 1/2 stars. It's a really interesting and well-done exercise, complete with footnotes and all, of something like Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The actual story took a while to grow on me. By the time it was getting interesting, the book was almost over. I'm not sure if it was the subject matter or not, but it didn't grab me quite as much as The Alienist. ( ) KarenM61 | Nov 28, 2013 |
"The resonances are with modern times as well as the 18th century, and there is a sense of history repeating itself, the present played back into the past. . . . Pastiche, collage, layered narrative: We ought to be getting used to these effects, and Mr. Carr has used them before. . . . They make demands on the reader, though. The more you put in, the more you get out."
Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:“A sprawling fantasy saga . . . Caleb Carr boldly goes where he’s never gone before.”—USA Today Legend meets history in this mesmerizing novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Caleb Carr. Demonstrating the rich storytelling, skillful plotting, and depth of research he showcased in The Alienist, Carr has written a wildly imaginative, genre-bending saga that redefines the boundaries of literature. Some years ago, a remarkable manuscript long rumored to exist was discovered: The Legend of Broken. It tells of a prosperous fortress city where order reigns at the point of a sword—even as scheming factions secretly vie for control of the surrounding kingdom. Meanwhile, outside the city’s granite walls, an industrious tribe of exiles known as the Bane forages for sustenance in the wilds of Davon Wood. At every turn, the lives of Broken’s defenders and its would-be destroyers intertwine: Sixt Arnem, the widely respected and honorable head of the kingdom’s powerful army, grapples with his conscience and newfound responsibilities amid rumors of impending war. Lord Baster-kin, master of the Merchants’ Council, struggles to maintain the magnificence of his kingdom even as he pursues vainglorious dreams of power. And Keera, a gifted female tracker of the Bane tribe, embarks on a perilous journey to save her people, enlisting the aid of the notorious and brilliant philosopher Caliphestros. Together, they hope to exact a ruinous revenge on Broken, ushering in a day of reckoning when the mighty walls will be breached forever in a triumph of science over superstition. Breathtakingly profound and compulsively readable, Caleb Carr’s long-awaited new book is an action-packed, multicharacter epic of a medieval clash of cultures—in which new gods collide with old, science defies all expectation, and virtue comes in many guises. Brimming with adventure and narrative invention, The Legend of Broken is an exhilarating and enthralling masterwork. Praise for The Legend of Broken “An excellent and old-fashioned entertainment . . . The Legend of Broken seamlessly blends epic adventure with serious research and asks questions that men and women grappled with in the Dark Ages and still do today.”—The Washington Post “[A] colossal effort . . . a fantasy epic . . . meant as an allegory, a cautionary tale for our precarious times. To make his points, Carr has summoned a dream team of soldiers, wizards, and tiny forest folk.”—The New York Times Book Review “Carr keeps the action hurtling along with a steady diet of gruesome murders and political betrayals. And he clearly wants modern readers to see something of their own world in the political corruption and greed that ultimately doom Broken.”—The Boston Globe. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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asà se alzan al fin estas palabras de la tierra en que voy a enterrarlas, desafiando al destino como jamás podrá hacerlo Broken, mi patria. seguirán los grandes muros de granito de la ciudad hechos añicos hasta regresar a la piedra pulida con que fueron construidos. No pretendáis, estudiosos aún nonatos, conocer mi reino; está tan barrido por el viento y tan olvidado como mis huesos. Tengo ahora el propósito de contaros cómo llegó a ocurrir esta catástrofe.
Tampoco deberéis ocupar vuestras mentes, quienquiera que desentierre este relato, indagando quién soy, o qué hice en vida: vendrán pistas suficientes, mas los febriles intentos de interpretarlas sólo servirán para distraeros de la importancia que pueda tener la tragedia mayor. Baste con saber que he muerto y que, de uno u otro modo, he presenciado cuanto aquà describo.