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Hardcover The Dancer and the Thief Book

ISBN: 0393064948

ISBN13: 9780393064940

El baile de la victoria

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With prisons overflowing in Chile, the president declares a general amnesty for all nonviolent criminals. Angel Santiago, a youth determined to avenge abuse he received in jail, seeks out the notorious bank robber Nicolas Vergara Grey, whose front-page exploits won him a reputation he would rather leave behind. Their plan for an ambitious and daring robbery is complicated by the galvanizing presence of Victoria Ponce, a virtuosic dancer and high-school dropout whose father was a victim of the regime. Praised for his ability to place a personal story in the context of a national upheaval and make it warm, funny and universal (San Francisco Chronicle), Antonio Skarmeta sets this exuberant love story against the backdrop of the new Chile, free from the Pinochet dictatorship but beholden to the perils of globalization. The Dancer and the Thief, which won Spain s prestigious Planeta Prize, is a remarkable new novel from one of South America s finest storytellers."

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Rated 5 stars
Never a dull moment

This book is a lively, fun and adventurous tale, which though purportedly fictional, I found entirely believable and thoroughly engrossing. Some might find it geared toward a somewhat adolescent audience in the sense that its plot is a surface drama for the greatest part and doesn't probe the intellect or psychology of its characters deeply, or otherwise weigh in on more "serious" matters, but the sympathetically painted...

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La soñé hecha una película.

Desde su primera página hasta el final la imaginé en pantalla grande, en mi propia pantalla interior, en cada rincón donde la leía. Volé, sufrí y disfruté como pocas veces. Una de las mejores novelas que he leído.

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Rated 4 stars
Follow four through modern Chile

This book follows the tradition of magical realism that so successfully portrays live in South and Central America. Both the characters and the plot held my attention to the end. Life in Santiago comes through as the characters attempt to better their circumstances. The time honored plot of an older man helping a younger man obtain the love of his live is executed very well. It was not one of my favorite books, but I enjoyed...

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Rated 5 stars
Ludico Erotismo Latinoamericano

Excelente propuesta para explorar el incipiente erotismo narrativo latinoamericano, además de una buena situación vivencial y anecdótica. Divertido, muy recomendable.

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Rated 5 stars
Heroes y villanos cautivantes

Una historia que se lee como se ve una buena película. Sus secciones de acción y reacción cautivan al lector, haciendo que acelere su lectura y no la quiera soltar hasta el final. Con esta novela, logramos identificarnos con los protagosnistas, héroes y villanos por igual; reírmos y llorar juntos; compartir sus logros y sentir por sus fracasos. Se desarrolla en el Chile cambiante post Pinochet, pero no cae en la postulación...

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