Sudden Death

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Álvaro Enrigue, Natasha Wimmer: Sudden Death (2016, Penguin Random House)

256 pages

English language

Published 2016 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-1-4735-1170-5
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4 stars (1 review)

A 1599 Roman tennis match between the Italian painter Caravaggio and the Spanish poet Quevedo represents the way the world changed in their times, in a novel that goes from the execution of Anne Boleyn to Mexico after the conquest.

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4 stars

such a bizarre and wonderful text - featuring everything from tennis, catholicism, homoeroticism and the atrocities of spanish colonialism. At times I felt a bit overwhelmed by the historical detail and got lost in the names, but this is also evidence of how thoroughly researched and committed the book is! 100% would recommend devoting your time to this one x

Subjects

  • Fiction, historical, general
  • Artists, fiction
  • Authors, fiction