Name: The Painter of Battles (in English)
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Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
ISBN: 9780812977301

portada The Painter of Battles (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Publisher

Random House

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0812977300

ISBN13

9780812977301

Synopsis "The Painter of Battles (in English)"

Andrés Faulques, a world-renowned war photographer, has retreated to a tower overlooking the Spanish coast, where he paints a vast mural incorporating the indelible images of conflict he’s witnessed in his lifetime.One night, an unexpected visitor interrupts his solitude. As Faulques struggles to recall the face, the man explains that he was the subject of an iconic photo taken by Faulques in a war zone years ago–a photo that destroyed his life. “And why have you come looking for me?” asks Faulques. The stranger answers, “Because I’m going to kill you.”So begins a life-or-death exchange in which Faulques is forced to recall a time when he loved a beautiful woman and risked his life daily for art and testimony. Yet as the tense dialogue between Faulques and his would-be killer continues, the stakes grow even higher. What they are grappling with becomes not just Faulques’ fate, but the very nature of love and cruelty itself.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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(Cartagena, España, en 1951). Fue reportero de guerra durante veintiún años y cubrió dieciocho conflictos armados para los diarios y la televisión. Con más de veinte millones de lectores en el mundo, traducido a cuarenta idiomas, muchas de sus obras han sido llevadas al cine y la televisión. Hoy comparte su vida entre la literatura, el mar y la navegación. Es miembro de la Real Academia Española y de la Asociación de Escritores de Marina de Francia.

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