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Loading... El Invierno Del Mundo (Spanish Edition) (edition 2013)by Ken Follett (Author)
Work InformationWinter of the World by Ken FOLLETT
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. An interesting long....................long.................... read but not up to the standard of Pillars or Fall of Giants. ( ) Book 2 of the Century Trilogy, Winter of the World, is set during World War II. It continues with the fate of the same five families that Fall of the Giants centered around. I enjoyed this book a lot more than its prequel, partly because I was a little more familiar with the characters and their past as well as the details of the actual event. However, at times I felt let down. For instance, Maud, a brilliantly fierce and strong character in the previous book come across as mellow in this one. It took me some time to get over the fact that this book was not her story, rather the story of the next generation, of her children. It was some relief to see that her daughter Carla, was very much her image, not in her ways of seduction but in her ability to make things happen. Similarly, the Williams, Fitzherberts, Dewars and Peshkovs, all these families come together as the children grow up, most of them to follow in their parents’ footsteps. Ken Follett has gotten bolder in his writing with this book and he doesn’t hesitate in killing of some of our favorite characters. Wars are, after all, an ugly affair. He builds onto details with much suspense, like the attack on Peal Harbor or the making of the nuclear bomb. You already know how the end turns out and yet you want to keep on reading and devouring the book because so many stories intertwine together to make an event reach its conclusion. Quite enjoyed this book. Can’t wait to see what the third installment will turn up with. Thankfully, Mr. Follett is great at reminding you who the characters are when there's been a long spell since the character was mentioned, without being awkward. The artistry with which this author interweaves history and characters amazes me. History is told, and explained from liberal perspective, but I don't think you have to share a political leaning to appreciate this trilogy. I'm now in the middle of the third/last of this series and the writing holds strong! Overall, not as good as Follett’s other books for me. The characters were a little less fleshed out and compelling, and some of the twists and turns were both more predictable and developed with less detail. Perhaps this is just because I personally know more about the history and timeline of WWII than other Follett books’ time periods, but it did feel like more of a surface treatment than a deep dive of a number of events/people, like the manhattan project, Churchill, the fall of Hitler, etc. Really the first of his books where I felt like I didnt really learn too much from it.
Nacht van het kwaad kent veel van de succeselementen die de vorige boeken van Follett kenmerkten: actie, romantiek, geweld (vrijwel altijd kort maar hevig), dreiging, sterke vrouwen, ingenieuze intriges, personages die de oorlog en alle verschrikkingen invoelbaar maken, wereldschokkende gebeurtenissen gekoppeld aan het verdriet of geluk van kleine mensen en een degelijke historische basis. En ook nu hebben ze een overweldigend effect. Ken Follett neemt de lezer mee van grote landhuizen naar het Witte Huis, de slagvelden in Europa en de Stille Oceaan om ons, via zijn fictieve en historische personages, de ultieme geschiedenisles te geven die de middelbare school ons heeft onthouden. Het is knap hoe Follett de ongelooflijk complexe gebeurtenissen heeft weten te comprimeren tot een volstrekt begrijpelijk geheel. Dat alles in eenvoudige taal, met intelligente, spannende verhaallijnen en verrassende plotwendingen. Infotainment op zijn best. Gelukkig wacht ons nog een laatste boek. Hierin worden de periode na WO II en de Koude Oorlog beschreven. Verplichte literatuur voor de liefhebber! "He fills his pages with fascinating characters and then uses the great events of this time to make an exciting plot." "The result, as in “Fall of Giants,” is an honorable piece of popular entertainment and a consistently compelling portrait of a world in crisis." "It makes the biggest tectonic shifts of its era — the struggle between Communism and Fascism, the irreversible march of science toward nuclear weapons, the laying of groundwork for the coming cold war — feel momentous indeed." Ken Follett continúa la apasionante historia de las cinco familias europeas que nos cautivaron con La caída de los gigantes. En esta ocasión, son los hijos de los protagonistas de la entrega anterior los que, a través de sus luchas personales, políticas y militares, nos muestran la historia de unos años que cambiaron el mundo para siempre. De la mano de los Williams, los Fitzherbert, los Peshkov, los Von Ulrich y los Dewar, emprendemos un apasionante viaje a través de los acontecimientos que marcaron sus vidas y las de un mundo que se desmorona, desde el ascenso del Partido Nazi al poder en 1933, auténtico preludio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, hasta el inicio de la Guerra Fría en 1949. Belongs to SeriesBelongs to Publisher SeriesBastei Lübbe Taschenbuch (16999) Grandes Narrativas (533) Is contained inIs abridged inHas as a student's study guideDistinctions
This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until she commits a deed of great courage and heartbreak. American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific. English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism. Daisy Peshkov, a driven American social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set, until the war transforms her life, not just once but twice, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war, but the war to come. These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as their experiences illuminate the cataclysms that marked the century. From the drawing rooms of the rich to the blood and smoke of battle, their lives intertwine, propelling the reader into dramas of ever increasing complexity. No library descriptions found. |
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