Tango of the Old Guard
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Tango and chess, international espionage, fraud and theft, dark alleys, dark sides of the soul and love - doomed for life. Two people from different worlds - a former soldier, now a gigolo, a spy against his will, and a clever thief with empty pockets, Max Costa, and a luxurious, impenetrable social lioness, Mercedes Insunsa - play out a worthy Hitchcockian tense drama of fatal love and betrayal. These two had three brief encounters: in the 1920s, in the exquisite interiors of a transatlantic liner and in the slums of Buenos Aires; in the 1930s in Nice, when the shadow of everything that was to come already loomed over Europe; and in Sorrento, during a fierce battle between Chilean and Soviet grandmasters for the chess crown, in the 1960s, when life had already passed and all that remained was to envy the young, clear-eyed and determined, supporting them as much as possible. This is a story of the passion of tango and the cold calculation of chess - but not only that. This is a story of great love - but not everything is about it.
Arturo Perez-Reverte is a former military journalist, a renowned author of brilliant historical, military, and adventure novels translated into forty languages, the creator of the Captain Alatriste series, and the recipient of prestigious literary awards. His "Tango of the Old Guard" is a black-and-white film about the true passion of tango, which resonates within you until the end of your days, about nostalgia for bygone times when life was full of adventures, unpredictable, and you easily let go of everything that came your way because you were young and fearless, and about old age, which is full of regrets but unable to change a hardened fraudster or a true knight.
Arturo Perez-Reverte is a former military journalist, a renowned author of brilliant historical, military, and adventure novels translated into forty languages, the creator of the Captain Alatriste series, and the recipient of prestigious literary awards. His "Tango of the Old Guard" is a black-and-white film about the true passion of tango, which resonates within you until the end of your days, about nostalgia for bygone times when life was full of adventures, unpredictable, and you easily let go of everything that came your way because you were young and fearless, and about old age, which is full of regrets but unable to change a hardened fraudster or a true knight.
Author:
Author:Perez-Reverte A.
Cover:
Cover:softcover
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Horror
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:newspaper
Dimensions:
Dimensions:18x11.5x3.5 cm
Series:
Series:"The Big Book"
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-24900-4
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