{"product_id":"la-isla-de-la-mujer-dormida-best-seller","title":"La isla de la mujer dormida (Best Seller)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE NEW NOVEL BY ARTURO PÉREZ-REVERTE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of the sea, love, and adventures in the Aegean during the years of the Spanish Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe sought the man's mouth with hers, salty and wet.\u003cbr\u003e“Are you cold?” he asked.\u003cbr\u003e“No, I’m not afraid.”\u003cbr\u003e“Of what?”\u003cbr\u003e“Of when you’re gone and this is erased from my memory.”\u003cbr\u003eShe pressed her dripping body against him; and Jordán, his clothes soaked, held her tightly in his arms.\u003cbr\u003e“Damn you, Captain Mihalis,” she suddenly whispered.\u003cbr\u003eIt took him a moment to understand.\u003cbr\u003e“Yes,” he finally said.\u003cbr\u003eHe raised his face to contemplate the vault of stars, which seemed to have descended to surround the two of them and their embrace, enveloping them until the end of time. As if they were alone on the last night of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApril 1937. While the Spanish Civil War unfolds, the merchant marine Miguel Jordán Kyriazis is sent by the rebel side to clandestinely attack naval traffic transporting military aid from the Soviet Union to the Republic. At the operations base, a small island in the Aegean Sea, the life of the Spanish corsair will intersect in a murky triangle with the owners, Baron Katelios and his wife: a seductive mature woman who seeks, with cold desperation, a way to escape her fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics have said:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Masterpiece. [...] In every work of the genre Pérez-Reverte (one could say his literary style has created a genre only he can write) imposes subtle variations where much is at stake. [However], he has never gone so deep into depicting the end of love nor reached such superb phrases.”\u003cbr\u003eJosé María Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An extremely moving novel of adventure, love, and war.”\u003cbr\u003eJacinto Antón, El País\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A true story of modern corsairs, where good and bad are relative, containing all the ingredients typical of adventure.”\u003cbr\u003eJavier Ors, La Razón\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A profound and vibrant novel where little-known twists of our Civil War overlap with the bitter story of an impossible love and the most complex depths of the human soul.”\u003cbr\u003eAndrés Seoane, El Mundo - La Lectura\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A masterpiece.”\u003cbr\u003eABC Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The new ports that readers reach on their journey through the Territorio Reverte remain full of a mix of familiar (and expected) flavors and unprecedented surprises.”\u003cbr\u003eZenda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“La isla de la mujer dormida advances through passages of action and reflective pauses. The sparse descriptions adhere to an impressionistic notation of colors and smells. Creative landscape images color the narrative. The suspense never slackens. Arturo Pérez-Reverte skillfully handles these classic narrative resources with technical wisdom and artistic intuition to offer a penetrating and free-of-moralism view of the complex human condition.”\u003cbr\u003eSantos Sanz Villanueva, El Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We return to adventure, action, war, heroes, and villains. Once again, it works: impeccable pace, notable intuition for showing the most suggestive details, attractive characters.”\u003cbr\u003eÁngel Peña, The Objective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A harsh sea tale. [...] A narrative where essential matters come to light.”\u003cbr\u003eIrene Adler, La Región\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the author they have said:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I like Pérez-Reverte; he reminds me of Dumas and Salgari.”\u003cbr\u003eUmberto Eco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pérez-Reverte knows how to keep the reader hooked at every page turn.”\u003cbr\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Debolsillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57135826174296,"sku":"9788466390323","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8464\/0856\/files\/9788466390323.jpg?v=1776544967","url":"https:\/\/www.plasticbooks.uk\/en\/products\/la-isla-de-la-mujer-dormida-best-seller","provider":"Plastic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}