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La Catedral del Mar [Paperback]

Ildefonso Falcones
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  • Paperback: 669 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Espanol (1 Nov 2006)
  • Language English, Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 0307376656
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307376657
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 748,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Año 1320, en Navarcles, en la masía próspera de Bernat Estanyol se celebra la boda de éste con Francesca. Sin embargo, la llegada del señor feudal, Llorenç de Bellera, reclamando su derecho de pernada sobre la joven, será el principio de una serie de calamidades para los Estanyol: Francesca jamás perdonará a su marido que no haya evitado el abuso. El señor De Bellera le requiere para servir como nodriza de su hijo recién nacido, hasta el punto, de descuidar a su propio bebé, Arnau. Bernat decide raptar a su hijo y huir a Barcelona para conseguir la ciudadanía que lo acredite como hombre libre y no siervo de Bellera. Acude a su hermana, casada con un rico ceramista, Grau Puig, que a regañadientes acepta ayudarlos. Bernat trabaja como obrero mientras Arnau se cría con sus primos primero y luego con su padre en el taller. Pasa los días correteando por la ciudad y conoce a Joan, un niño de su edad cuya madre ha sido emparedada por adúltera. Ambos niños, hermanados y cómplices, se sienten fascinados por la construcción de la iglesia de Santa María del Mar y se convierten en devotos de la virgen en la cual encuentran el consuelo de sus madres ausentes. Se hacen amigos de los bastaixos, los estibadores que acarrean desinteresadamente pesadas piedras para la construcción de la Iglesia. Hay hambruna en Barcelona, y Bernat es expulsado de su trabajo por meterse en revueltas callejeras y acaba siendo colgado y expuesto en plaza pública ante la desesperación de los dos niños. Por la noche Arnau con la complicidad de Joan prende fuego al cadáver de su padre y decide entrar a trabajar con los bastaixos, colaborando en la construcción de la iglesia de la virgen a quien venera. Joan entretanto estudia para dominico..
Cuando la guerra estalla, Arnau no duda en prestar ayuda al rey Pedro III bloqueando el paso al enemigo, el rey Pedro Cruel de Castilla, con sus barcos mercantes, lo que le vale el reconocimiento real, una baronía y la mano de la prohijada del rey, Leonor. Este matrimonio será el principio de su desgracia : una mujer que lo desea ardientemente y a quien él no desea, la joven y bella Mar enamorada de él y tal vez él de ella, Joan convertido en un sacerdote de la Inquisición y que reprueba su vida, una conspiración de los nobles que lo condenan por favorecer a los campesinos y entre los que se encuentra el hijo de Llorenç de Bellera y sus primos los Puig. Una conspiración que culmina cuando Arnau es denunciado a la Santa Inquisición por su mujer por no cumplir con sus deberes conyugales y por supuestos amores prohibidos con una judía. Todo parece conspirar contra Arnau, y mientras la construcción de Santa María del Mar sigue prosperando, su vida parece desmoronarse...
Extraordinario retrato de la época medieval en Cataluña, la veneración a la Virgen del Mar y la construcción de la Iglesia, de los gremios y barrios de la ciudad de Barcelona, de las luchas de clases entre obreros, campesinos y señores feudales, la xenofobia contra la judería, el peso de la Inquisición. Historia, intrigas sociales, venganza, guerra, conspiración y amor en un fresco de época que sólo tiene una comparación: Los pilares de la tierra.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Be prepared to be transported.....breathtaking, 9 July 2007
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Casaerin (Murcia, Spain) - See all my reviews
This review is from: La Catedral del Mar (Paperback)
I've just read this in Spanish and can't wait for it to be released in English so that everyone I know can read this truly sublime book. Falcones takes the reader deep into the heart of the dark ages to follow the story of a father and son who capture your imagination and draw you into their world in which you too want them to succeed. The writing is beautiful, the descriptions of Barcelona and Catalunya captivating, although the characters are set during this poverty stricken, violent, disease ridden era there is a tremendous sense of hope and joy.
Make sure you pre order this book now....you will re-read it many times. It's a bookshelf treasure.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Intoxicating, beautifull story of medieval Barcelona., 12 Mar 2008
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I have just been lent the Cathedral of the Sea (La catedral del mar) by Ildefonso Falcones, and I haven't been able to put it down since. Magnificent, intoxicating - although simple in style the story is simply captivating. From the very first chapter you are brutally introduced to the ways of medieval Barcelona and Catalunya. You follow a tale of father and son as they struggle from slavery through diseases, war and noblemen conspiracies never loosing hope. Fate, love, money and Inquisition fight each other for power, while in the background the Santa Maria del Mar Cathedral is slowly built by the 'people' of Barcelona.
This book is a keeper.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, 2 Oct 2008
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David J. Glazier (UK) - See all my reviews
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I bought this novel in 2005 in Valencia where I was on holiday - it had just been published. However, the copy I acquired had several pages missing and so I was, at the time, unable to finish it. Recently, upon complaining, the publishers sent me a complete new copy free of charge.

I found the story to be fascinating - the accounts of the feudal times in Barcelona, particularly, and Cataluña, generally, are very imaginatively done and are breathtaking.

The stages of the construction of the Cathedral and the part it plays in Arnau's life are very well described.

Also, the intervention of the Inquisition in the latter part of the story shows what an insidious organization it was.

A very good read but I don't think that Falconés should give up his day job!
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