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The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura (Paperback / softback, 2015)
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Moving seamlessly between Ivan's life in Cuba, Ramon's early years in Spain and France, and Trotsky's long years of exile,The Man Who Loved Dogs is Padura's most ambitious and brilliantly executed novel yet.
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A gripping vel about the assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940In The Man Who Loved Dogs, Leonardo Padura brings a ir sensibility to one of the most fascinating and complex political narratives of the past hundred years: the assassination of Leon Trotsky by Ramon Mercader.The story revolves around Ivan Cardenas Maturell, who in his youth was the great hope of modern Cuban literature until he dared to write a story that was deemed counterrevolutionary. When we meet him years later in Havana, Ivan is a loser: a humbled and defeated man with a quiet, unremarkable life who earns his modest living as a proofreader at a veterinary magazine. One afteron, he meets a mysterious foreigner in the company of two Russian wolfhounds. This is the man who loved dogs, and as the pair grow closer, Ivan begins to understand that his new friend is hiding a terrible secret. Moving seamlessly between Ivan's life in Cuba, Ramon's early years in Spain and France, and Trotsky's long years of exile, The Man Who Loved Dogs is Padura's most ambitious and brilliantly executed vel yet. This is a story about political ideals tested and characters broken, a multilayered epic that effortlessly weaves together three different plot threads Trotsky in exile, Ramon in pursuit, Ivan in frustrated stasis to bring emotional truth to historical fact. A vel whose reach is matched only by its astonishing successes on the page, The Man Who Loved Dogs lays bare the human cost of abstract ideals and the insidious, corrosive effects of life under a repressive political regime.Product Identifiers
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100374535078
ISBN-139780374535070
eBay Product ID (ePID)208846833
Product Key Features
Book TitleMan Who Loved Dogs : a Novel
Number of Pages592 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicPsychological, Thrillers / General, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorLeonardo Padura
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.4 in
Height211mm
Width140mm
Weight454g
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Spine38mm
Translated byAnna Kushner
Country of PublicationUnited States
Author BiographyLeonardo Padura was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1955. A novelist, journalist, and critic, he is the author of several novels, two volumes of short stories, and several nonfiction collections. His novels featuring the detective Mario Conde have been translated into many languages and have won literary prizes around the world. The Man Who Loved Dogs was a finalist for the Book of the Year Award in Spain. Padura lives in Havana.Anna Kushner was born in Philadelphia and first traveled to Cuba in 1999. She has translated the novels of Guillermo Rosales, Norberto Fuentes, and Goncalo M. Tavares.
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- 09 May, 2017
Great Story
Senor Padura is one of the great unsung authors of our time. The Man Who Loved Dogs is a brilliant take on a slice of history that needed telling his way. Don't miss his thrillers with detective Mario Conde. Netflix has The Conde series feataured now . . . Four Seasons in Havana.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 16 Nov, 2021
Deep Truths
If you have a passion for mystery and history, this is Padura's best, featuring the persistent detective Mario Conde and an epic story stretching from the Russian revolution to modern Cuba, A masterpiece.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
