Leo Perutz

Liburu berezia duzu esku artean: lehen begiratuan, istorio sorta bat dirudi, denak ere Pragan girotuak XVI. mendearen azken aldera. Bertan agertzen dira kaleko musikariak, diru-mailegatzaileak, alkimistak, errabinoak, gortesauak, bufoiak, enperadoreak, zaldunak, maitaleak gizarte ñabar, koloretsu eta askotarikoa. Apurka, baina, ipuinen arteko loturak sumatzen ditugu, eta konturatuz goaz denen artean istorio osoago bat eratzen dutela, argumentu ondo lotua duen zinezko eleberri historiko bat. Fabulaziorako gaitasun paregabea erakusten dute narraziook, maisuki uztartzen dituztenak kondaira eta historia, umorea eta abentura, fantasia eta garaiko ohituren deskribapena. Duela lau mendeko Praga liluragarri bat agerrarazten digu egileak, giza arimaren ezagutza sakonez eta, aldi berean, XX. mendean betiko galdu zen Erdi Europako kultura juduaren nostalgiaz. Nobela aparta, orain, lau eskutara egindako itzulpen bikain honi esker euskaraz dasta dezakeguna. Liburu berezia duzu esku artean: lehen begiratuan, istorio sorta bat dirudi, denak ere Pragan girotuak XVI. mendearen azken aldera. Bertan agertzen dira kaleko musikariak, diru-mailegatzaileak, alkimistak, errabinoak, gortesauak, bufoiak, enperadoreak, zaldunak, maitaleak gizarte ñabar, koloretsu eta askotarikoa. Apurka, baina, ipuinen arteko loturak sumatzen ditugu, eta konturatuz goaz denen artean istorio osoago bat eratzen dutela, argumentu ondo lotua duen zinezko eleberri historiko bat. Fabulaziorako gaitasun paregabea erakusten dute narraziook, maisuki uztartzen dituztenak kondaira eta historia, umorea eta abentura, fantasia eta garaiko ohituren deskribapena. Duela lau mendeko Praga liluragarri bat agerrarazten digu egileak, giza arimaren ezagutza sakonez eta, aldi berean, XX. mendean betiko galdu zen Erdi Europako kultura juduaren nostalgiaz. Nobela aparta, orain, lau eskutara egindako itzulpen bikain honi esker euskaraz dasta dezakeguna.

A thief and a nobleman, both down on their luck, cross paths on a bitter winters day in 1701. One, known locally as The Fowl-Filcher, is fleeing the gallows; the other, the callow Christian von Tornefeld, has escaped execution to fight for his Swedish king. Neither will reach his destination. Sent with a message to secure aid for von Tornefeld, the thief falls in love with his companions secret fiancee. He resolves to win her love for himself, and through a clever stratagem, exchanges his fate for the other mans. Risking everything to attain the woman and station of his dreams, he becomes the Swedish cavalier, staying one step ahead of exposure. Later, he sacrifices everything so that is daughter wont learn of his secret past.In this book he considered is masterpiece, Leo Perutz has created a picaresque world of barons and brigands, swashbuckling dragoons and spurned lovers, gentleman farmers and masked robbers, and lucky parchments, magic spells, and mystical visions. Part adventure, part historical novel of war-ravaged Europe, The Sweddish Cavalier is also a moral tale of deceit, betrayal, and redemption.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Novembre 1642: tutto e pronto per il colossale bagno di sangue in cui, nel giorno di San Martino, dovranno rotolare ben diciassettemila teste di nobili, per il grande macello dell''aristocrazia di Francia. Ma la macchina si inceppa e tutto finisce in una bolla di sapone. Come mai? Un uomo bislacco, un sognatore che mentre incipria o rabbercia parrucche ormai stanche vagheggia di avere origini altissime, un essere mezzo Arlecchino e mezzo Charlot, attraversa come una torpedine impazzita il gran disegno del Cardinale. Per contrastare i progetti dei Titani, il destino si serve del folle parrucchiere Tandrede Turlupin. Il quale, fantasticando di essere riconosciuto da nobil madre, finira per diventare l''ultimo campione dell''aristocrazia morente.

El estudiante vienés, Stanislaus Demba, recorre la ciudad en una carrera contrarreloj. Necesitado de dinero busca retener a su enamorada como sea y a pesar de los impedimentos que le retienen. Confundido por drogadicto, heroe tullido de guerra, periodista o criminal armado, dispone de unas pocas horas para lograr su objetivo. Mientras dan las nueve, Demba vive un autentico dia de locos que acabara de la forma mas inesperada.Leo Perutz narra uno de los thrillers mas adictivos de la Literatura. Mientras dan las nueve se convertira en referencia y fuente de inspiracion para numerosos autores, desde Eric Ambler y Jorge Luis Borges hasta el afamado director, Alfred Hitchcock, que recreara varias escenas del libro en sus primeros trabajos.

It could have been a common street accident that put Dr. Georg Amberg in the hospital, but for the five weeks his doctors say he has been in a coma, recovering from a brain hemorrhage after being run down by a car, he has memories of a more disturbing nature. What of the violent events in the rural village of Morwede? The old woman threatening the priest with a breadknife, angry peasants with flails and cudgels, Baron von Malchin with a pistol defending his dreams for the Holy Roman Empirehow could Dr. Amberg ignore these? And what of the secret experiment to make a mind-altering drug from a white mildew occurring on wheata mildew called Saint Peters Snow.In this feverish tale of a man caught in the balance between two realities, Leo Pertuz offers a mystery of identity and a fable of faith and political fervor, banned by the Nazis when it was first published in 1933. Saint Peters Snow is typical of Perutzs storytelling mastery: extraordinarily rich and elegant fiction that is taut with suspense, full of Old World irony and humor.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.