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Caparros, Martin

 
9780743297936: Valifierno: The Man who Stole Mona Lisa
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ISBN 10: 0743297938 ISBN 13: 9780743297936
Editorial: Atria Books, 2008

Sinopsis

VALFIERNO is a fascinating novel of intrigue based on a real event at the dawn of the twentieth century: the disappearance of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre Museum, on August 22, 1911. The police at the time immediately suspected a group of artists who flouted their hatred of all academic painting - among them the young Pablo Picasso; and the soldier-poet Apollinaire, who was detained briefly for the crime. But time passed and the authorities found no clues about the location of either the painting or the actual thieves. Two years later, in 1913, a certain Vicenzo Peruggia was picked up in Florence with the masterpiece in his possession; yet he claimed that he had only wanted to restore it to its rightful home: Italy. Fifteen years later, someone who calls himself "the Marquis de Valfierno" cannot tolerate dying without the world knowing of his audacious exploits. And so, he decides to confide the entire truth to an American journalist.

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Martin Caparros was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1957. Since then, he has lived in four countries, and has travelled through more than sixty. He first left his homeland at 18 when he was forced out because of his political affiliation. For more than 25 years, Caparros has worked as a journalist for print, radio, and television. He has published seven novels, five travel narrations, a biography, a three-volume history of the guerrilla in Argentina, and has translated Shakespeare.

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Editorial
Atria Books
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0743297938
ISBN 13 
9780743297936
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
352
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