"Contention of cats" Eduardo Mendoza. Metro, 2010
The imaginary plot in the weeks before the English Civil War presented by the author seduces, not in vain is a master at concocting plots. The ideas and struggles of that time, especially in the characters of "common people", the false non-interference and intervention from other European countries, injustices, abuses and errors of each kind in the conflict are reflected clearly.
Stop it attempts an external objective view, formalized in an alien who comes to our country on business, assessing a painting. Task will be complicated to be discovered the hidden motives and his actual request. Mendoza succeeds magnificently in the vision of the true master of art: the paintings have a very specific meaning in every age and understand its beauty and interest.
Perhaps most impact in the text is the intrusion of the real characters in the fictional plot, ie the fantasy role that gives them Mendoz police believe the plot would spoil the resolution of the case and reduces the overall quality of work. Mixing fiction with the story that readers still have a memory or that of our parents is difficult. Especially when it delves deeper into the motivations and personal experiences of the so called big players in any case most striking players, the leaders of any era. Jose Antonio Franco, Sanjurjo, the president of the republic still disrupting our pulse, teeth grinding or ironic smiles if we sound a false image. Focusing on the individual (cat fights, quasi-domestic) is on the other hand a current trend that explains only part of what happened: the same people with the same grudges are present around us, but there is no war (and yes however at this time in northern Africa).
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