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A runaway international bestseller and winner of Spain's top literary prize, Little Indiscretions is part ingeniously entertaining whodunit and part sparkling social satire. Business is slow for Nestor Chaffino, pastry chef to the rich and famous, until he's invited to cater a party in a villa on the Costa del Sol. When Nestor is found frozen to death in a walk-in freezer with a notebook in his hand, the party guests gathered that evening are the natural suspects. But who could have it in for a harmless cook? The answer, it turns out, is just about everyone who happens to be staying in the house. Nestor, while quietly stirring his sauces and whisking his egg whites, had decided to publish a compendium of gastronomic secrets that revealed, along with the culinary tricks of his trade, more than a few damning details of the hosts' and houseguests' private lives. To what lengths would they go to ensure that Nestor maintained a more permanent sense of discretion? Not since Nick and Nora Charles's last cocktail party has such a merry band of mischief makers convened in one place. Little Indiscretions marks the discovery of a phenomenal writer with tremendous flair. It's a gourmet treat readers will pounce on.… (mais)
Pequeñas infamias es una novela sobre las casualidades de la vida. Sobre las que se descubren con sorpresa, sobre las que no llegan a descubrirse y sin embargo marcan nuestro destino, y sobre las que se descubren pero se mantienen en secreto, porque hay verdades que no deberían saberse nunca. Puede leerse, también, como una sátira de sociedad, como el retrato psicológico de una galería de personajes, o como un apasionante relato de intriga, cuyo misterio no se resuelve hasta las últimas páginas. En la casa de veraneo de un acaudalado coleccionista de arte se reúne un variopinto grupo de personas. Juntas pasan unas cuantas horas y, a pesar de las frases agradables y los comentarios corteses, la relación acabará envenenada por lo que no se dicen. Cada una de ellas esconde un secreto; cada una de ellas esconde una infamia. La realidad adquiere de pronto el carácter de un rompecabezas cuyas piezas se acercan y amenazan con acoplarse. El destino es caprichoso y se divierte creando extrañas coincidencias. ( )
Novela sobre las causalidades de la vida. Sobre las que se descubren con sorpresa, sobre las que no llegan a descubrirse y, sin embargo, marcan nuestro destino, y sobre las que se descubren pero se mantienen en secreto, porque hay verdades que no deberían saberse nunca. Puede leerse, también, como una sátira de la sociedad, como el retrato psicológico de una galería de personajes, o como un apasionante relato de intriga, cuyo misterio no se resuelve hasta las últimas páginas.
This is marketed as a mystery and there is indeed a murder that takes place, but I wouldn't pick this up for the suspense. Rather it's a story about the shady secrets that the characters are hiding and how they think other characters would react if they knew. It's a rather seedy crowd we're dealing with - a couple of them are not hiding "little indiscretions," but rather awful pasts. In the end, the solution to the murder of the chef is haphazard at best and the others are left to go about their horrid business. It's partially described as a "foodie"-novel, but the foodie bits are few and far in-between, so that didn't help either. ( )
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Prends un cœur de lion, sois fier et n’aie cure de ce qui gronde, s’agite ou conspire contre toi. Macbeth ne sera pas vaincu jusqu’au jour où la grande forêt de Birnam gravissant Dunsinane marchera contre lui. SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth, acte IV, scène 1.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em Francês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em Francês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
PREMIÈRE PARTIE Trente degrés au-dessous de zéro
1 Néstor, le cuisinier
Dimanche 29 mars (nuit du samedi au dimanche)
Il avait la moustache plus raide que jamais ; si raide qu’une mouche aurait pu marcher dessus avec l’aisance d’un repris de justice sur le pont d’un navire de pirates. [...]
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em Francês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
QUATRIEME PARTIE Un rayon de soleil sur la dépouille de Néstor Chaffino
[...]. Et tandis qu'elle donne forme aux premiers paragraphes de Petites Infamies, la jeune fille ignore que, sur le paillasson d'entée de la villa des Lilas, un cafard agite ses antennes.
A runaway international bestseller and winner of Spain's top literary prize, Little Indiscretions is part ingeniously entertaining whodunit and part sparkling social satire. Business is slow for Nestor Chaffino, pastry chef to the rich and famous, until he's invited to cater a party in a villa on the Costa del Sol. When Nestor is found frozen to death in a walk-in freezer with a notebook in his hand, the party guests gathered that evening are the natural suspects. But who could have it in for a harmless cook? The answer, it turns out, is just about everyone who happens to be staying in the house. Nestor, while quietly stirring his sauces and whisking his egg whites, had decided to publish a compendium of gastronomic secrets that revealed, along with the culinary tricks of his trade, more than a few damning details of the hosts' and houseguests' private lives. To what lengths would they go to ensure that Nestor maintained a more permanent sense of discretion? Not since Nick and Nora Charles's last cocktail party has such a merry band of mischief makers convened in one place. Little Indiscretions marks the discovery of a phenomenal writer with tremendous flair. It's a gourmet treat readers will pounce on.
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