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El Caballo Dorado / The Golden HorseLA NUEVA NOVELA DEL PREMIO CERVANTES Un magistral relato de aventuras lleno de humor Su obra refleja la viveza de la vida cotidiana convirtiendo la realidad en una obra de arte con excepcional altura literaria. Jurado del Premio Cervantes Esta es la historia de una princesa de la nobleza rural de los Crpatos que llevaba una frula ajustada con tornillos de cabeza avellanada y correas de vaqueta en la pierna izquierda. De un peluquero escultor de
LA NUEVA NOVELA DEL PREMIO CERVANTESUn magistral relato de aventuras lleno de humor
«Su obra refleja la viveza de la vida cotidiana convirtiendo la realidad en una obra de arte con excepcional altura literaria».
Jurado del Premio Cervantes
Esta es la historia de una princesa de la nobleza rural de los Cárpatos que llevaba una férula ajustada con tornillos de cabeza avellanada y correas de vaqueta en la pierna izquierda. De un peluquero escultor de caballos, de barba frondosa abierta en dos alas, que creía haber inventado el carrusel. De un factor de comercio, también de barba frondosa en dos alas, que se creía hijo del emperador Maximiliano. Y de un cocinero hablantín y marrullero que salvó de morir a un dictador. El peluquero inventor termina sus días envenenado y su cadáver es lanzado al fondo de un río. El factor de comercio termina los suyos frente a un pelotón de fusilamiento. Y el cocinero tiene su fin arrastrado por una embravecida corriente de lluvia, en estado de ebriedad. Empieza en 1905 en la aldea de Siret, entonces territorio del Imperio austrohúngaro, y acaba en Managua en 1917, bajo la ocupación militar de los Estados Unidos, con una conspiración de final inesperado. El caballo dorado es también la historia de un carrusel llegado tras un largo viaje por mar a Nicaragua, y con el que la princesa fue después de pueblo en pueblo, de fiesta patronal en fiesta patronal, los caballos de madera cada vez más venidos a menos por el paso del tiempo. Sergio Ramírez despliega toda su maestría narrativa en esta deliciosa novela a medio camino entre el relato de aventuras y el de enredos, intrigas palaciegas y picaresca moderna. Plena de humor y de imaginación, El caballo dorado narra el viaje desde una Europa que ya no existe hasta una Nicaragua convulsa para cumplir el sueño inverosímil de un inventor que inventó lo que estaba ya inventado. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION THE LATEST NOVEL BY THE WINNER OF THE CERVANTES PRIZE
A masterful and funny adventure tale
"[Ramírez's] work reflects the vividness of daily life by converting reality into a work of art, with exceptional literary skill." - Cervantes Jury Panel
This is the story of a princess of the rural Carpathian nobility who wears a brace on her left leg, adjusted with screws and leather straps. Of a barber who sculpts horses, has a full, forked beard, and believes he invented the carrousel. Of a commercial agent, he too with a full, forked beard, who believes himself to be the son of the Emperor Maximilian. And of a chatty and charming cook who saved the life of a dictator. The barber/inventor is poisoned to death and his body thrown into a river. The commercial agent is shot by a firing squad. And the cook ends his days drunk in a heavy downpour. The tale begins in 1905 in the village of Siret, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and ends in Managua in 1917, during the US military occupation, with a conspiracy that produces unexpected results. The Golden Horse is also the story of a carrousel that arrives in Nicaragua after a long sea voyage. The princess accompanies this attraction from town fair to town fair, the wooden horses becoming more and more worn with the passage of time. Sergio Ramírez exhibits his full narrative power in this delightful work, somewhere between adventure, intrigue and the modern picaresque. Replete with humor and imagination, The Golden Horse is the story of a journey from a Europe that no longer exists to a Nicaragua giddy with fulfilling the unlikely dream of an inventor whose creation has already been invented.
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Audiobook has TERRIBLE narrator; book is very techical
Format: Hardcover
So this is a fascinating book -- the author has an incredible depth and breadth of knowledge in a vast array of technical (and medical) subjects. Note this is a much more technical book than your typical science book intended for the educated layperson. That's a big plus for me, but others might be put off by the level of detail.
The main fault with the book is the audiobook's narrator, Adam Barr. He has a deep voice that is easy to understand, but he is just about as dull as can be, sounding as if he's reading the ingredients on a can of soup. I ended up buying the hardcover version of the book because the audiobook could not hold my attention -- because of the narrator, not because of the content, which is amazing.
I wish more narrators would take a page (ha ha) from talented pros such as Ray Porter and Wil Wheaton. Just because this book is nonfiction doesn't mean it can't be read with heart, as if the reader was speaking to me personally, with enthusiasm, and not just reading words out loud.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
★★★★★ 5
The Final Warning
Format: Kindle
No more heads up after this one guys. Ray is not known for missing futurological insights. He’s placed many predictions within this work and it’s my belief that they will occur even sooner than he imagines. That said, the time for comfort with our current way of living is over, and this book functions as the last glance of insight to carry you through with knowledge of what could be. Without it, you are very likely to be entirely blindsighted.
The world is changing much faster than the vast majority of people realize. Even those paying close attention to technology. Learn what you can do you can prepare. This book is likely the best way to get ahead of the curve, and adds many new concepts and refinement than the first in the series
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Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Superior purchase
Format: Hardcover
Book was in better condition than was advertised. Book was delivered earlier than expected. Book was packaged very very well. Excellent transaction and experience!! Will look forward to purchasing items from this seller in the future! Added bonus-reading the book was a great and thought provoking experience.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2025
★★★★★ 4
An Excellent Behind-The-Scenes Account Of A Chaotic Congress
Format: Kindle
This book was exactly what I hoped it would be - informative, well written, and a little bit gossipy while also thoroughly researched and fair to both sides. Do the Republicans who ran Congress in 2023 and 2024 come off looking incompetent and foolish? Yes, but that’s because the authors accurately report the things they did, not because of any bias they have. If you’re a political junky or just interested in how our political system works (or, in this case, doesn’t work) then you’ll enjoy this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2025
★★★★★ 5
If you are even remotely into politics you will throughly enjoy this book
Format: Hardcover
Totally entertaining. Finished the book in one afternoon.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2025