mac24's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Zweig me parece fantástico. Después de "Novela de ajedrez", esta es lo siguiente que he leído de su mano y me reafirmo en mi opinión de que tiene una admirable capacidad de extraer lo asombroso de lo cotidiano. En esta novela, plantea su propia revisión de la historia, de momentos obviados por los libros de texto, y no puedo estar más agradecida por los acontecimientos y actitudes que me ha permitido conocer.
Una imaginación apenas perceptible, que es capaz de rellenar los huecos que nunca conoceremos de los hechos ocurridos con la dosis justa de magia que tiene la realidad. Objetivo y narrativo, sabes que no todo es real, pero que en su base lo fue. Y, sobre todo, gracias a su prosa eres capaz de ver los errores humanos y sus otras características intrínsecas de esfuerzo, torpeza, grandeza, cobardía, valentía.
Una lectura que disfrutar en fragmentos sobre las ironías de la vida y sus victorias y tragedias siempre grandiosas, que ejemplifica aquello de "la realidad supera la ficción".
Una imaginación apenas perceptible, que es capaz de rellenar los huecos que nunca conoceremos de los hechos ocurridos con la dosis justa de magia que tiene la realidad. Objetivo y narrativo, sabes que no todo es real, pero que en su base lo fue. Y, sobre todo, gracias a su prosa eres capaz de ver los errores humanos y sus otras características intrínsecas de esfuerzo, torpeza, grandeza, cobardía, valentía.
Una lectura que disfrutar en fragmentos sobre las ironías de la vida y sus victorias y tragedias siempre grandiosas, que ejemplifica aquello de "la realidad supera la ficción".
rainyreadingrite's review against another edition
5.0
Great work of literature. I found the tone to be a little too over-the-top for my liking sometimes (it did somehow make sense for the subject matter though).
My personal top five stories:
5. The telephone cable between Europe and America
4. The South Pole expedition
3. Waterloo
2. The Marseillaise
1. Händel and his Messiah (I even teared up)
They were all cool to read though!
My personal top five stories:
5. The telephone cable between Europe and America
4. The South Pole expedition
3. Waterloo
2. The Marseillaise
1. Händel and his Messiah (I even teared up)
They were all cool to read though!
mikebond's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Interessante raccolta di episodi generalmente sconosciuti che hanno cambiato il corso della Storia. Alcune storie sono molto interessanti, altre meno.
Bravo il narratore, anche se la pronuncia dei nomi stranieri non è sempre corretta.
Bravo il narratore, anche se la pronuncia dei nomi stranieri non è sempre corretta.
aninazus's review against another edition
4.0
really a treasure. that’s why I’m a fan of Mr. SZ - the beauty of life and hope in humanity presented itself so vigorously in this series, I loved every bit of that.
one thing to add though: I mainly enjoy the writing style of SZ as it’s light yet so rich but I seemed to have some pacing problems by reading, sometimes it was not easy to pull through the text, wish the style was more energetic as in his other novels although I think it said more about me as an impatient reader and language speaker
one thing to add though: I mainly enjoy the writing style of SZ as it’s light yet so rich but I seemed to have some pacing problems by reading, sometimes it was not easy to pull through the text, wish the style was more energetic as in his other novels although I think it said more about me as an impatient reader and language speaker
lunairee's review against another edition
3.0
Non posso giudicare questa raccolta di miniature nella sua interezza proprio perché, in quanto raccolta, vi sono capitoli che ho amato alla follia e altri che mi hanno annoiata a morte (e che, in alcuni punti, ho saltato a piè pari). Tuttavia, non riesco a non pensare a quanto la ragazzina patita di chicche storiche - che ancora sento sguazzare dentro di me, di tanto in tanto - avrebbe adorato un libro del genere, così quanto avrebbe adorato leggere dell’insignificante, dell’apparente destino in ombra che certe figure, in un qualche modo, hanno scelto di ribaltare, talvolta inconsciamente, talvolta vestite della passione più irrefrenabile.
jujubahn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
flowerrunner's review against another edition
2.0
Not really my kind of reading, but very well written by a fellow Austrian.