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La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar #1)

Ildefonso Falcones

Hardcover | Pages: 672 pages

Rating: 4.1 | 36273 Users | 1940 Reviews

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Original Title:	La catedral del mar ISBN13 9788425340031
Edition Language:	Spanish
Series:	La catedral del mar #1
Characters:	Joan, Arnau, Guillem, Aladis, Mar (Ildefonso Falcones)
Setting:	Barcelona, Catalonia(Spain)
Literary Awards:	Euskadi de Plata for Best Spanish Novel (2006), Qué leer for Best Spanish Book (2006), Premio Fundación José Manuel Lara for novela más vendida (2006), Prix Fulbert de Chartres (2009)

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Siglo XIV. La ciudad de Barcelona se encuentra en su momento de mayor prosperidad; ha crecido hacia la Ribera, el humilde barrio de los pescadores, cuyos habitantes deciden construir, con el dinero de unos y el esfuerzo de otros, el mayor templo mariano jamás conocido: Santa María de la Mar.

Una construcción que es paralela a la azarosa historia de Arnau, un siervo de la tierra que huye de los abusos de su señor feudal y se refugia en Barcelona, donde se convierte en ciudadano y, con ello, en hombre libre.

El joven Arnau trabaja como palafrenero, estibador, soldado y cambista. Una vida extenuante, siempre al amparo de la catedral de la mar, que le iba a llevar de la miseria del fugitivo a la nobleza y la riqueza. Pero con esta posición privilegiada también le llega la envidia de sus pares, que urden una sórdida conjura que pone su vida en manos de la Inquisición...

"La catedral del mar" es una trama en la que se entrecruzan lealtad y venganza, traición y amor, guerra y peste, en un mundo marcado por la intolerancia religiosa, la ambición material y la segregación social. Todo ello convierte esta obra no sólo en una novela absorbente, sino también en la más fascinante y ambiciosa recreación de las luces y sombras de la época feudal.

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Title	:	La catedral del mar (La catedral del mar #1)
Author	:	Ildefonso Falcones
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 672 pages
Published	:	March 2006 by Grijalbo
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Spain. European Literature. Spanish Literature

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Hefty historical novel set in fourteenth century Barcelona and revolving around the building of a cathedral (yes there are similarities to Ken Folletts Pillars of the Earth). Unlike Folletts novel this is very much woven around fact and an actual building and events and is based on a contemporary chronicle. It is well plotted, but there is a certain predictability about it. The topics you would expect to come across are there; the inquisition, the plague, relationships with Jews and Moors, the

Great book, couldn't put it down...

I enjoyed this book, a doorstopper but a page-turner. The setting was 14th century Catalonia and backdrop was the construction of a cathedral [Santa Maria del Mar] by the workingmen of Barcelona over a period of decades. The cathedral still exists today in the Ribera district of Barcelona: http://catholicbarcelona.com/2013/11/... and is a gorgeous example of the Gothic style. This church serves as framework for the main plot, concerning the Estanyol family. To escape brutal serfdom, the father,

I could not put it down... Even if the writing style of Ildefonso Falcones is not according to my taste, it grab me from the beginning! It is deeply moving historical novel with accurate history plot that spreads several decades of 14th century. Captivating, gripping story about friendship, freedom, passion, jealousy, greed, envy, feudal opression, religious persecution, pogroms against Jews, inquisition, war, plague, famine, prejudice, betrayal, revenge, about the pain of forbidden love,

Great storyteller but a terrible translation to Norwegian. But it made my husband read a book for once, so I am happy.

This book is awful. For the record, I didn't finish it, but I did listen to 17 hours of the 23 hour audiobook so I feel informed enough to write a review. Like the other critical reviewers have said, the only value this book offers is the glimpse it gives into life in 14th century Barcelona. But honestly, from what I got out of this book I would have rather read a ten page chapter in a high school history textbook than slog through 23 hours of the dullest book of all time. I felt that the author

I gave up on this book at page 252 of 600. The very beginning was pretty interesting, and I found the character of a young man essentially raising his baby alone (with his remote wife) as a successful medieval serf in pastoral Spain very compelling. I liked the stuff through the pottery workshop, too, but after that? It felt to me like the story dropped off for the sake of cramming a historical setting with stock characters to represent different aspects of life in 14th Century Barcelona. There