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Q is set at the time of the Reformation. After Luther hangs his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church, nothing is ever the same in the hallowed halls of Christianity. One of the sects which sprang up during the Reformation was the Anabaptists, Christians who discredited infant baptism and believed that the Bible was the only rule for faith and life. Q follows the adventures of a student of Thomas Munzer, Anabaptist and leader of the abortive Peasants' Revolt of 1524-25, who goes under many names, the first of which is Gustav Metzger, and Q, a papal informer. These two travel throughout Europe, trying to suss out each other's identity, sending letters to Munzer and to the Pope, making friends and enemies, hating each other's deeply felt convictions. Metzger is staying one step ahead of the heretic hunters, bent on destroying all supporters of Luther.
The translation is rickety, at best. There are long, sonorous passages filled with the formal language of the times, and then a jarring change to modern slang. "On the point of death they all denied everything that had been extorted from them with torture: small consolation, and I don't know how many were able to die in peace because of it... It was November or December 1531, around the time Lienhard Jost kicked the bucket." There is a tremendous amount of scholarship contained in the novel and the blend of fact and fiction allows room for intrigue, politics, betrayal, and that ever-familiar conundrum of terror in the name of religion. At over 750 pages, it requires a great deal of patience and attention on the part of the reader, not all of which is richly rewarded. A final cavil: Wittenberg is misspelled in the jacket copy. --Valerie Ryan
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Book Description Condition: Bueno. : With Europe convulsed in wars over religion, a young theology student finds himself siding with heretics and the disenfranchised while confronting an agent of the Vatican who intends to hunt down and destroy enemies of the faith. EAN: 9788439705307 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y ficción|Ficción por género Título: Q Autor: Luther Blisset Editorial: Mondadori; Primera edición (21 noviembre 2000) Idioma: ES Páginas: 672 Formato: Tapa blanda Peso: 790 Año de publicación: 2000. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-05-09-9c512789
Book Description . . . 1 Vol. . 641 pp. Cuarto Mayor. Rústica. . Buen estado de conservación. Segunda edición. Q nos sumerge en la Europa del siglo XVI, un continente fragmentado por las guerras de religión que dieron origen al mundo moderno. Este es el marco en el que transcurre Q, una novela de acción que se sirve de un lenguaje acerado y de secuencias cinematográficas para atrapar al lector y adentrarlo en una volcán político y teológico.? La Stampa ?Aquí está Q, una novela plagada de hechos históricos, fechas, crímenes, protagonistas y personajes secundarios, apariciones estelares y caracteres ficticios; las guerras santas y las herejías, la revolución de Gutenberg y la Reforma de Lutero, los anabaptistas y sus creencias protocomunistas, la revuelta de los campesinos contra los mercenarios vestidos con armadura, a sueldo de príncipes y obispos: es el gran prólogo a la modernidad.? Il Messagero ?La magia de la narración seduce al lector desde la primera página y lo hace durante todo el viaje, un largo viaje, una apuesta editorial de las que dan miedo? Carlo Lucarelli. Seller Inventory # 206560 10486
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