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París en la literatura
13 books
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Novelas, memorias y relatos que transcurren mayoritariamente en París o convierten la ciudad en parte esencial de la historia.
El espejo de nuestras penas
Pierre Lemaitre
★ 6/10
2020
En mayo de 1940, la invasión alemana provoca el colapso de Francia y desencadena un éxodo masivo de millones de personas. Louise Belmont, una joven maestra, se ve obligada a abandonar París y emprender un peligroso viaje en el que se cruzará con soldados, civiles y personajes marcados por el miedo, la desesperación y la esperanza. A través de sus historias entrelazadas, Pierre Lemaitre ofrece un retrato coral de uno de los episodios más dramáticos de la historia francesa y pone el broche final a la trilogía Los hijos del desastre.
Grandes promesas
Pierre Lemaitre
★ 8/10
2026
París, entre 1960 y 1964. Un incendio, un bebé abandonado y un crimen marcan el comienzo del desenlace de la saga de los Pelletier. Mientras Francia cambia a gran velocidad, la familia deberá afrontar las consecuencias de las decisiones tomadas durante años y enfrentarse a los secretos que aún permanecen ocultos.
La mujer de la pistola de oro
Frédéric Lenormand
★ 6/10
2020
La aparición de una misteriosa mujer armada desencadena una cadena de asesinatos relacionados con antiguos enemigos de la Corona. Rose y Léonard deberán seguir un rastro lleno de engaños, duelos y conspiraciones que los llevará desde Versalles hasta los ambientes más peligrosos de París.
The colors of the fire
Pierre Lemaitre
★ 8.7/10
2018
The banker Marcel Péricourt has died. All of Paris goes to the exequities and is shocked by the fall of his grandson Paul.
Mission to Paris
Arturo Pérez Reverte
★ 6/10
2025
Alatriste's last adventure.
All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny
★ 7.3/10
2020
On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches meet with the family for a dinner with Armand's best man, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after lunch, they watch with horror how Stephen is shot down and seriously injured in what Gamache knows is not an accident, but a deliberate attack on the old man's life.
Look at the lights, my love
Annie Ernaux
★ 6/10
2014
For a year, Annie Ernaux has a daily visit to the Alcampo (Auchan) hypermarket in the Trois@-@ Fontaines shopping centre in the Paris region.
Mr. Ibrahim and the flowers of the Koran
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
★ 6/10
2001
At the age of 13, Momo, a Jewish boy from a working-class neighborhood in Paris, is found only in the world, with the only support of the Muslim grocery shop in which he usually buys and the affection of street prostitutes.
Ripley Under Ground
Patricia Highsmith
★ 6/10
1970
On its luxurious estate near Paris, Ripley has a peaceful existence, taking care of the garden, painting, studying French and listening to music. One day he is called from London by his members of the Buckmaster Gallery, marchers of Derwatt, a mysterious painter who hides in an unknown corner of Mexico, while the price of his paintings is rising rapidly.
Marion Delorm
Victor Hugo
★ 6/10
1831
Marion, a famous Parisian courtesan, has left the capital two months ago, for greater despair of its lovers and fans, and has taken refuge in Blois. Pressed by Saverny, who has found her, she confesses that she has an appointment with a man named Didier; he does not know who she is, and she completely ignores his identity.
Sabotage
Arturo Pérez Reverte
★ 6/10
2018
Is the Guernica we know the true painting Picasso painted?
What was Falcó doing in Paris in the spring of 1937?
The misérables
Victor Hugo
★ 9.3/10
1862
Great social, political and sentimental fresco
The king has fun
Victor Hugo
★ 6/10
1832
A romantic drama in which Victor Hugo strongly criticizes the monarchy and faces with audacity, the most absolute irrationality and savagery, reflected in the figure of King Francis I, to the sanity and hatred of his buffoon, Triboulet. Verdi Rigoletto's opera is based on this work.