Overview
Un fascinante paseo por La Habana con un guía de lujo, el propio Leonardo Padura.
Los buenos novelistas siempre cuentan en sus historias con un personaje que acaba siendo tan importante como el protagonista: la ciudad donde trascurren los hechos. Por eso no hay mejor guía para conocer La Habana que Leonardo Padura, el autor que mejor le ha tomado el pulso, a lo largo de diferentes épocas, en cada una de sus novelas. Este libro ofrece un paseo por los barrios de La Habana en forma de historia autobiográfica del propio novelista, que va desde Mantilla hasta los diferentes barrios de la ciudad. Y en cada uno de ellos, su historia se complementa con los fragmentos de las novelas donde aparecen. A la vez, en una segunda parte, se reúnen varios reportajes sobre los aspectos más sorprendentes y desconocido de su historia. No es difícil ver en muchos de ellos el embrión de los casos de Mario Conde, o el pasado evocado en tantas novelas de Padura, que nos hace vivir la ciudad, y viajar en el tiempo.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A fascinating tour of Havana with a luxury guide, Leonardo Padura himself.Good novelists always include a character that becomes as important as the protagonist: the city where the events take place. That’s why there’s no better guide to Havana than Leonardo Padura, the author who has captured its essence across different eras in each of his novels. This book offers a tour through the neighborhoods of Havana in the form of an autobiographical story by the novelist himself, ranging from Mantilla to the various neighborhoods of the city. In each of them, his story is complemented by excerpts from the novels where they appear. Additionally, in a second part, several reports on the most surprising and unknown aspects of its history are gathered. It’s not hard to see in many of them the seeds of Mario Conde’s cases, or the past evoked in so many of Padura’s novels, which make us experience the city and travel through time.
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