{"product_id":"el-pintor-de-batallas-60-aniversario-de-alfaguara-the-painter-of-battles-9788420478241","title":"El Pintor de Batallas (60 Aniversario de Alfaguara) \/ The Painter of Battles","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere are places from which one never returns. The most intense and disturbing novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a tower next to the Mediterranean, in search of the photograph he could never take, a former photographer paints a large circular fresco on the wall: the timeless landscape of a battle. He is accompanied in the task by a face that returns from the past to collect a mortal debt, and the shadow of a woman who disappeared ten years ago. Around these three characters, Arturo Pérez-Reverte has written the most intense and disturbing story of his long career as a novelist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dazzling from beginning to end, El pintor de batallas drags the reader, captivated, through the complex geometry of the chaos of the 21st century: art, science, war, love, lucidity and solitude combine in the vast mural of a dying world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed author Arturo Pérez-Reverte has earned a distinguished reputation as a master of the literary thriller with his international bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Club Dumas \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Queen of the South\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, in this haunting new work, Pérez-Reverte has written his most accomplished novel to date. \u003ci\u003eThe Painter of Battles\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating tale of love, war, art, and revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrés Faulques, a world-renowned war photographer, has retired to a life of solitude on the Spanish coast. On the walls of a tower overlooking the sea, he spends his days painting a huge mural that pays homage to history's classic works of war art and that incorporates a lifetime of disturbing images. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One night, an unexpected visitor arrives at Faulques' door and challenges the painter to remember him. 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. \"And why have you come looking for me?\" asks Faulques. The stranger answers, \"Because I'm going to kill you.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This story transports Faulques to the time when he crossed continents to capture conflicts on film with his lover, Olvido, at his side. Until she walked into his life, Faulques muses, he had believed he would survive both war and women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the tense dialogue between Faulques and his visitor continues, the stakes grow ever higher. What they are grappling with quickly proves to be not just Faulques' fate but the very nature of human love and cruelty itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arturo Pérez-Reverte perfectly balances the shadows of the heart with the chaos of war in this stunning composition on morality. Superb and tautly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Painter of Battles\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply affecting novel about life and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14876513\"\u003eArturo Pérez Reverte\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfaguara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788420478241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8420478245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArturo Pérez-Reverte\u003c\/b\u003e nació en 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alfaguara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48460123013357,"sku":"9788420478241","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_b88f927a-9482-4d44-af8d-edbcaf002efc.jpg?v=1753661057","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/el-pintor-de-batallas-60-aniversario-de-alfaguara-the-painter-of-battles-9788420478241","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}