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Los cr铆menes de Oxford #1
噩賳丕蹖丕鬲 賳丕賲丨爻賵爻
诏蹖鈥屰屫辟呝� 賲丕乇鬲蹖賳爻貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屰� 丌乇跇丕賳鬲蹖賳蹖貙 丕夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 賳爻賱 爻賵賲 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賲毓丕氐乇 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 賱丕鬲蹖賳 丕爻鬲貙 丿讴鬲乇丕蹖 賲賳胤賯 乇蹖丕囟蹖丕鬲 丿丕乇丿 賵 亘賴 乇蹖丕囟蹖丕鬲貙 賲賳胤賯貙 賮賱爻賮賴貙 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賵 乇賵丕亘胤 亘蹖賳丕亘蹖賳蹖 丕蹖賳 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 亘爻蹖丕乇 毓賱丕賯賴鈥屬呝嗀� 丕爻鬲. 讴鬲丕亘 噩賳丕蹖丕鬲 賳丕賲丨爻賵爻 賳鬲蹖噩賴鈥屰� 丕噩鬲賲丕毓 丕蹖賳 毓賱丕蹖賯 賵 賲胤丕賱毓丕鬲 丕賵爻鬲. 丕賵 丿乇 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳貙 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲毓賲丕蹖蹖 賵 噩賳丕蹖蹖貙 亘賴 夭亘丕賳蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲賱賲賵爻 賵 賯丕亘賱鈥屬佡囐� 亘賴 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲蹖 賲孬賱 賮賱爻賮賴鈥屰� 賵蹖鬲诏賳卮鬲丕蹖賳貙 丕氐賱 毓丿賲 賯胤毓蹖鬲 賴丕蹖夭賳鈥屫ㄘ壁� 賳馗乇蹖賴鈥屬囏й� 诏賵丿賱 賵 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 賳馗乇蹖丕鬲 賮賱爻賮蹖 蹖丕 賲鬲兀孬乇 丕夭 賮賱爻賮賴 賲蹖鈥屬矩必ж藏� 賵 丕蹖賳鈥屬囏� 賴賲賴 乇丕 丿乇 蹖讴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 倬乇讴卮卮 賵 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲丨讴賲 賵 丕賳丿蹖卮蹖丿賴 噩丕 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 賵 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 亘丕夭诏賵 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 讴賴 蹖讴 丿丕賳卮噩賵蹖 丿讴鬲乇丕蹖 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丌乇跇丕賳鬲蹖賳蹖 丿乇 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴 賵 卮賴乇 丌讴爻賮乇丿 賳丕禺賵丕爻鬲賴 丿乇诏蹖乇卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 鬲賱賮蹖賯 亘乇禺蹖 乇禺丿丕丿賴丕蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 噩丕賱亘 鬲賵噩賴 亘丕 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 丨爻鈥屬堌з勠� 賲爻鬲賳丿诏賵賳賴 賵 毓蹖賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丿乇诏蹖乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 乇賵丕亘胤 賲乇丿 丿丕賳卮噩賵 亘丕 倬乇賵賮爻賵乇蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丕爻丕鬲蹖丿 亘乇噩爻鬲賴鈥屰� 乇蹖丕囟丕鬲 夭賲丕賳賴鈥屫ж� 丕爻鬲貙 亘丕 倬蹖乇夭賳蹖 讴賴 氐丕丨亘鈥屫з嗁団€屰� 丕賵爻鬲貙 亘丕 丿禺鬲乇蹖 讴賴 丨蹖賳 亘丕夭蹖 鬲賳蹖爻 亘丕 丕賵 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 丕蹖賳 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 亘賴鈥屫池必关� 亘賴 乇丕亘胤賴鈥屫й� 氐賲蹖賲丕賳賴 亘丿賱 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 亘丕 賳賵賴鈥屰� 倬蹖乇夭賳 讴賴 賳賵丕夭賳丿賴鈥屰� 丨乇賮賴鈥屫й� 賵蹖賵賱賵賳鈥屫迟� 丕爻鬲貙 丿乇 丕賲鬲丿丕丿 乇賵丕蹖鬲 亘賴 卮讴賱蹖 丕爻鬲丕丿丕賳賴 賲賳馗賵乇 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 賳讴丕鬲蹖 乇丕 丌賴爻鬲賴鈥屫①囏池� 亘乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 毓蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 讴賴 爻亘亘 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 倬爻 丕夭 倬丕蹖丕賳 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 诏蹖乇丕貙 禺賵丕爻鬲賴鈥屬嗀ж堌ж池� 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲蹖 賲賮蹖丿 丕夭 賲亘丕丨孬 賲禺鬲賱賮蹖 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲胤乇丨 讴乇丿賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 亘蹖丕賵乇丿. 噩賳丕蹖丕鬲 賳丕賲丨爻賵爻貙 賲賴賲鈥屫臂屬� 讴鬲丕亘 賲丕乇鬲蹖賳爻貙 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 趩丕倬卮 噩丕蹖夭賴鈥屰� 倬賱丕賳賴鈥屫� (鄄郯郯鄢) 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 亘賴 夭亘丕賳鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 鬲乇噩賲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲.
178 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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About the author
Guillermo Mart铆nez
61听books277听followersGuillermo Mart铆nez is an Argentine novelist and short story writer. He gained a PhD in mathematical logic at the University of Buenos Aires.
After his degree in Argentina, he worked for two years in a postdoctoral position at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford.
His most successful novel has been The Oxford Murders, written in 2003. In the same year, he was awarded the Planeta Prize for this novel, which has been translated into a number of languages.
After his degree in Argentina, he worked for two years in a postdoctoral position at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford.
His most successful novel has been The Oxford Murders, written in 2003. In the same year, he was awarded the Planeta Prize for this novel, which has been translated into a number of languages.
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September 17, 2022
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爻賱丿賲 诏賮鬲 芦趩賵賳 亘賴 讴爻蹖 丌夭丕乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫必迟堎嗁�. 趩賵賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖賴 讴賴 賴蹖趩 乇亘胤蹖 亘賴 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賳丿丕乇賴...禄 氐賮丨賴 鄹鄣 讴鬲丕亘
丕賳爻丕賳 趩蹖夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 睾蹖乇 丕夭 乇卮鬲賴鈥屫й� 丕夭 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲鈥屬囏й屫�. 賲孬 賴賲賴 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 讴賱賲賴鈥屬囏� 乇賵 丿乇亘爻鬲 賯亘賵賱 讴乇丿賲 賵 丌丿賲丕 鬲賵 賳馗乇賲 卮丿賳 蹖賴 賲卮鬲 卮讴賱 賲賵賯鬲蹖 賵 賳丕賯氐. 蹖賴 賲卮鬲 卮讴賱 讴丕賲賱鈥屬嗀簇� 讴賴 賴蹖趩鈥屬堎傌� 賳賲蹖鈥屫促� 讴丕賲賱 賮賴賲蹖丿賴 卮賵賳. 賲鬲賵噩賴 卮丿賲 丕诏賴 丌丿賲 趩蹖夭蹖 賳亘丕卮賴 噩夭 蹖賴 爻乇蹖貙 讴賴 丕夭 讴丕乇丕卮 鬲卮讴蹖賱鈥屫簇囏� 鬲丕 賳賲蹖乇賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫促� 鬲毓乇蹖賮卮 讴乇丿. 蹖毓賳蹖 賮賯胤 蹖賴 讴丕乇貙 丌禺乇蹖賳 讴丕乇貙 賲賲讴賳賴 鬲賲丕賲 賵噩賵丿 賯亘賱蹖卮賵 倬丕讴 讴賳賴 賵 亘丕 賴賲賴 賱丨馗賴鈥屬囏й� 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 丿乇 鬲囟丕丿 亘丕卮賴. 氐賮丨賴 郾鄄酃 讴鬲丕亘
诏賮鬲賲 芦賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 卮丕蹖丿 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 讴乇丿賲. 賴賲蹖卮賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 乇卮鬲賴鈥屬囏й� 毓賱賵賲 丕賳爻丕賳蹖賵 丕丿丕賲賴 賲蹖鈥屫�. 卮丕蹖丿 丨賯蹖賯鬲蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 賯囟蹖賴鈥屬囏й� 乇蹖丕囟蹖 賲蹖鈥屫屫� 賲賳賵 噩匕亘 禺賵丿卮 讴乇丿貙 丨賯蹖賯鬲 賮乇丕夭賲丕賳蹖貙 丕亘丿蹖貙 賲鬲讴蹖 亘賴 禺賵丿 賵 囟賲賳丕 讴丕賲賱丕賸 丿賲賵讴乇丕鬲蹖讴. 卮賲丕 趩乇丕 乇蹖丕囟蹖丕鬲賵 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴乇丿蹖賳責禄
爻賱丿賲 诏賮鬲 芦趩賵賳 亘賴 讴爻蹖 丌夭丕乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫必迟堎嗁�. 趩賵賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖賴 讴賴 賴蹖趩 乇亘胤蹖 亘賴 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賳丿丕乇賴...禄 氐賮丨賴 鄹鄣 讴鬲丕亘
丕賳爻丕賳 趩蹖夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 睾蹖乇 丕夭 乇卮鬲賴鈥屫й� 丕夭 賮毓丕賱蹖鬲鈥屬囏й屫�. 賲孬 賴賲賴 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 讴賱賲賴鈥屬囏� 乇賵 丿乇亘爻鬲 賯亘賵賱 讴乇丿賲 賵 丌丿賲丕 鬲賵 賳馗乇賲 卮丿賳 蹖賴 賲卮鬲 卮讴賱 賲賵賯鬲蹖 賵 賳丕賯氐. 蹖賴 賲卮鬲 卮讴賱 讴丕賲賱鈥屬嗀簇� 讴賴 賴蹖趩鈥屬堎傌� 賳賲蹖鈥屫促� 讴丕賲賱 賮賴賲蹖丿賴 卮賵賳. 賲鬲賵噩賴 卮丿賲 丕诏賴 丌丿賲 趩蹖夭蹖 賳亘丕卮賴 噩夭 蹖賴 爻乇蹖貙 讴賴 丕夭 讴丕乇丕卮 鬲卮讴蹖賱鈥屫簇囏� 鬲丕 賳賲蹖乇賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫促� 鬲毓乇蹖賮卮 讴乇丿. 蹖毓賳蹖 賮賯胤 蹖賴 讴丕乇貙 丌禺乇蹖賳 讴丕乇貙 賲賲讴賳賴 鬲賲丕賲 賵噩賵丿 賯亘賱蹖卮賵 倬丕讴 讴賳賴 賵 亘丕 賴賲賴 賱丨馗賴鈥屬囏й� 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 丿乇 鬲囟丕丿 亘丕卮賴. 氐賮丨賴 郾鄄酃 讴鬲丕亘
July 30, 2011
This novel has more red herrings than a communist fish market.
But that's OK because I like novels that throws you off and keeps you guessing. Even if some of the herrings are obvious, there are always a few that swim by when you are not expecting them. The Oxford Murders is a nifty mystery about two Oxford academics that are trying to solve a murder and if it seems a little...well...academic. it's because it is. Martinez mixes a nice share of mathematics, Wittgensteinian philosophy and even some mythology to make a very different tale of murder. It may be the most fun book I ever read that involved mathematics professors, and we all know mathematics professors can be real party animals....or not.
But that's OK because I like novels that throws you off and keeps you guessing. Even if some of the herrings are obvious, there are always a few that swim by when you are not expecting them. The Oxford Murders is a nifty mystery about two Oxford academics that are trying to solve a murder and if it seems a little...well...academic. it's because it is. Martinez mixes a nice share of mathematics, Wittgensteinian philosophy and even some mythology to make a very different tale of murder. It may be the most fun book I ever read that involved mathematics professors, and we all know mathematics professors can be real party animals....or not.
April 17, 2024
First off, if you've considered this book, do not do so for the mystery. It is not it's strong point. Also, this is not a palate cleanser book.
On the surface, this looks like very English murder mystery - amateur sleuths, a steely eyed intelligent DCI, a possible serial killer, and a little bit of the occult. That is not what the story is about. The real story is the dark side of human relationships and an exploration of philosophy (which often partners mathematics).
鉁旓笍 Dark Academia
鉁旓笍 A stranger in a strange land
鉁旓笍 A hint of magical realism (our protagonist IS Argentinean)
鉁旓笍 Symbolism galore
You may feel you need to Google some of the mathematical/ philosophical concepts.
On the surface, this looks like very English murder mystery - amateur sleuths, a steely eyed intelligent DCI, a possible serial killer, and a little bit of the occult. That is not what the story is about. The real story is the dark side of human relationships and an exploration of philosophy (which often partners mathematics).
鉁旓笍 Dark Academia
鉁旓笍 A stranger in a strange land
鉁旓笍 A hint of magical realism (our protagonist IS Argentinean)
鉁旓笍 Symbolism galore
You may feel you need to Google some of the mathematical/ philosophical concepts.
July 1, 2017
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June 12, 2022
Dnfed at 39%
The way women were described in this book just seemed like a horny teenage boy would. It was like 鈥渢its tits tits. Wow. Ass. Hmmm, under that shirt could be some more ass. Tits again.鈥�
The 鈥渟exy鈥� talk definitely also seemed like a teenage boy鈥檚 fantasy. I didn鈥檛 really like it. It took me out of the reading flow.
The way women were described in this book just seemed like a horny teenage boy would. It was like 鈥渢its tits tits. Wow. Ass. Hmmm, under that shirt could be some more ass. Tits again.鈥�
The 鈥渟exy鈥� talk definitely also seemed like a teenage boy鈥檚 fantasy. I didn鈥檛 really like it. It took me out of the reading flow.
May 7, 2017
鈥淟os cr铆menes de Oxford鈥� es una novela que ten铆a potencial para m谩s. Es interesante, es corta, pero no llega a despegar del todo, qued谩ndose a medio camino. Los personajes tampoco ayudan mucho, pues est谩n m铆nimamente desarrollados. Es una especie de 鈥淐贸digo Da Vinci鈥� que se pierde en disquisiciones que no terminan de funcionar.
T铆pica lectura veraniega, que a m铆 no me dej贸 ninguna huella, pero que tampoco lament茅 haber le铆do.
T铆pica lectura veraniega, que a m铆 no me dej贸 ninguna huella, pero que tampoco lament茅 haber le铆do.
January 13, 2024
乇蹖丕囟蹖 亘丕卮賴 乇蹖丕囟蹖鈥屫з� 亘丕卮賴 賯鬲賱 亘丕卮賴 賯丕鬲賱賲 亘丕卮賴 丿蹖诏賴 趩蹖 賲蹖禺賵丕蹖賲責!
丿丕卮鬲賲 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴乇丿賲 亘丕 讴賱蹖 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 讴賳蹖 丕夭 丕蹖乇丕賳貙 亘乇蹖 讴卮賵乇 睾乇蹖亘 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 賳丕禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賵 蹖賴賵蹖蹖 丿乇诏蹖乇 賮乇囟蹖賴 賯鬲賱 亘卮蹖 賴蹖噩丕賳 丕賳诏蹖夭 賲蹖卮賴 賴丕 賳賴責! :)))
丕禺乇蹖賳 亘丕乇蹖 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘蹖 卮丕賲賱 丕蹖賳 毓賳丕氐乇 禺賵賳丿賲 賮丿丕讴丕乇蹖 賲馗賳賵賳 丕蹖讴爻 亘賵丿 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘乇毓讴爻 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 鬲賲乇讴夭卮 鬲賲丕賲丕 亘乇 賮乇囟蹖賴 賯鬲賱 亘賵丿 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳噩丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 亘亘卮鬲乇 丿乇诏蹖乇 爻乇蹖鈥屬囏й� 乇蹖丕囟蹖 賵 賲亘丕丨孬 賮賱爻賮蹖賴 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 賯丕鬲賱 丕夭 賴賲賵賳 丕亘鬲丿丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 卮丿爻鬲 倬爻 賮賯胤 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘诏賲 亘丕蹖丿 丕夭 賲爻蹖乇 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇蹖賳 :)
亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 噩賳丕蹖蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 蹖賴 賱丨馗賴 賴賲 丕夭卮 睾丕賮賱 賳賲賵賳蹖 賳賲蹖卮賴 卮賳丕禺鬲卮 賵賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮蹖乇蹖賳蹖 亘賵丿 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭卮 亘丿賲 賳蹖賵賲丿.
賲孬賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 蹖賴 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 禺蹖賱蹖 賳丕賮乇賲 賴賲 亘賴 丕爻賲 the oxford murders 丿丕乇賴貙 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭 賲賳鬲賯丿蹖賳卮 亘賴 卮丿鬲 讴賲賴!!!!
丿丕卮鬲賲 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴乇丿賲 亘丕 讴賱蹖 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 讴賳蹖 丕夭 丕蹖乇丕賳貙 亘乇蹖 讴卮賵乇 睾乇蹖亘 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 賳丕禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賵 蹖賴賵蹖蹖 丿乇诏蹖乇 賮乇囟蹖賴 賯鬲賱 亘卮蹖 賴蹖噩丕賳 丕賳诏蹖夭 賲蹖卮賴 賴丕 賳賴責! :)))
丕禺乇蹖賳 亘丕乇蹖 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘蹖 卮丕賲賱 丕蹖賳 毓賳丕氐乇 禺賵賳丿賲 賮丿丕讴丕乇蹖 賲馗賳賵賳 丕蹖讴爻 亘賵丿 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘乇毓讴爻 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 鬲賲乇讴夭卮 鬲賲丕賲丕 亘乇 賮乇囟蹖賴 賯鬲賱 亘賵丿 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳噩丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 亘亘卮鬲乇 丿乇诏蹖乇 爻乇蹖鈥屬囏й� 乇蹖丕囟蹖 賵 賲亘丕丨孬 賮賱爻賮蹖賴 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 賯丕鬲賱 丕夭 賴賲賵賳 丕亘鬲丿丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 卮丿爻鬲 倬爻 賮賯胤 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘诏賲 亘丕蹖丿 丕夭 賲爻蹖乇 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇蹖賳 :)
亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 噩賳丕蹖蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 蹖賴 賱丨馗賴 賴賲 丕夭卮 睾丕賮賱 賳賲賵賳蹖 賳賲蹖卮賴 卮賳丕禺鬲卮 賵賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮蹖乇蹖賳蹖 亘賵丿 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭卮 亘丿賲 賳蹖賵賲丿.
賲孬賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 蹖賴 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 禺蹖賱蹖 賳丕賮乇賲 賴賲 亘賴 丕爻賲 the oxford murders 丿丕乇賴貙 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭 賲賳鬲賯丿蹖賳卮 亘賴 卮丿鬲 讴賲賴!!!!
April 8, 2013
Not much of a "mystery" - I had it pegged maybe 1/3 of the way through - except for the spin at the end. That would be ok if there were some positives offsetting it. Unfortunately, except for a few graceful passages of writing about Oxford (I've never been there, but what Mr. Martinez wrote felt real to me), there's not much I can say that's positive. The conversations about mathematics were boring and mostly beyond my understanding - not to mention false sounding (real mathematicians wouldn't have to explain basic things to one another.) I wouldn't expect Mr. Martinez to dumb his book down, but he should have found a way to explain the mathematics part of the story in a more believeable fashion. There were too many coincidences, and life's not that coincidental. And the characters either weren't very interesting or were left unexplored.
Would I ever reread this? No, I'd much rather watch an Inspector Morse or an Inspector Lewis video. Would I recommend it to a friend? Not unless I was planning on cutting off the friendship.
So two stars.
Would I ever reread this? No, I'd much rather watch an Inspector Morse or an Inspector Lewis video. Would I recommend it to a friend? Not unless I was planning on cutting off the friendship.
So two stars.
August 13, 2019
I watched about one third of (starring Frodo Baggins and Winston Smith) and I found the story quite good and interesting enough to switch over to the book before being spoiled by moving pictures.
A series of murders in Oxford, seemingly based on a logical sequence of symbols with some Wittgenstein philosopy, G枚del incompleteness and Heisenberg uncertainty added to the mix.
What鈥檚 not to like when mathematics meets murder and logical reasoning solves mysteries? Well, finding the one single 鈥渢ruth鈥�, isn鈥檛 always that simple and sometimes even Occam鈥檚 razor doesn鈥檛 cut it right.
Recommended for crime-buffs.
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July 4, 2021
O lectur茫 agreabil茫, de sezon. O poveste politist茫 pres茫rat茫 cu teorii complicate de matematic茫 (v茫 mai aminti牛i de 艧iruri de numere, de liniaritate, de Fibonacci, Fermat 艧i de Pitagora?). N-am 卯nteles de ce 卯n prezentarea c茫r葲ii s-a f茫cut referire la codul Enigma, doar prima victim茫 participase 卯n tinere牛e la acea descoperire remarcabil茫. Crime, matematic茫, magie, ceva filozofie 艧i mult omenesc.
June 17, 2022
倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖讴賳賲 毓丕卮賯丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 噩賳丕蹖蹖_賲毓賲丕蹖蹖 賲胤丕賱毓賴 讴賳賳丿貙 丕爻鬲丿賱丕賱 賴丕蹖 賴賳丿爻蹖 賵 乇蹖丕囟蹖 亘賴 丨賱 賲毓賲丕蹖 賯鬲賱 禺賵丕賴賳丿 丌賲丿.
丌蹖丕 乇蹖丕囟蹖 丿丕賳 噩賵丕賳 乇丕夭 賯鬲賱賴丕蹖 夭賳噩蹖乇賴 丕蹖 乇丕 讴卮賮 賲蹖讴賳丿責
賯丕鬲賱 丿賯蹖賯丕 讴蹖爻鬲責責責責
鬲丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕夭 乇丕 賳禺賵丕賴蹖丿 丿丕賳爻鬲.
丌蹖丕 乇蹖丕囟蹖 丿丕賳 噩賵丕賳 乇丕夭 賯鬲賱賴丕蹖 夭賳噩蹖乇賴 丕蹖 乇丕 讴卮賮 賲蹖讴賳丿責
賯丕鬲賱 丿賯蹖賯丕 讴蹖爻鬲責責責責
鬲丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕夭 乇丕 賳禺賵丕賴蹖丿 丿丕賳爻鬲.
August 23, 2020
I bought this book a few years ago and never picked it up. When I reorganised one of my bookshelves, I came across it and decided to finally read it. I quite enjoyed it because I鈥檓 interested in philosophy but most parts about logic and mathematics went straight over my head. The plot is interesting enough, but it is a very short book in which you don鈥檛 really get to know the characters.
Overall an enjoyable quick read.
Overall an enjoyable quick read.
April 3, 2020
Ja vajadz膿tu 墨si raksturot 拧o gr膩matu, sauktu to par intelektu膩lo detekt墨vu. Daudz zin膩tnes, filozofijas, maz膩k detekt墨va darb墨bas. Nek膩das slepkavas vaj膩拧anas un c墨艈u ainas 拧eit nav atrodamas. Papildus prieks par referenc膿m uz v膿sturiskajiem notikumiem.
March 29, 2020
Vair膩k filozofijas, nek膩 izmekl膿拧anas, bet bija interesanti un patika. Ar墨 nosl膿gums, kur var turpin膩t pakav膿ties pie mor膩les un motiv膩cijas.
Pirms p膩rizdo拧anas gan b奴tu der膿jis ar墨 p膩rlas墨t eso拧o tulkojumu, nevis tikai uzlikt jaunu v膩ku, lai nepaliek vis膩di 鈥溎Ｄ搉iji pudel膿鈥� un taml墨dz墨gi br墨numi.
鈥淛ebkura slepkav墨ba, ikkatra n膩ve tik tikko liek ievirmoties 奴de艈iem un k募奴st neman膩ma.鈥�
Pirms p膩rizdo拧anas gan b奴tu der膿jis ar墨 p膩rlas墨t eso拧o tulkojumu, nevis tikai uzlikt jaunu v膩ku, lai nepaliek vis膩di 鈥溎Ｄ搉iji pudel膿鈥� un taml墨dz墨gi br墨numi.
鈥淛ebkura slepkav墨ba, ikkatra n膩ve tik tikko liek ievirmoties 奴de艈iem un k募奴st neman膩ma.鈥�
May 3, 2024
Altro libro letto per condividere (anche se mi sa che qualcuno bara) con mio figlio.
Il suo prof a questo giro si 猫 spinto oltre il classico.
Un bel giallo matematico che, per un liceo scientifico, 猫 la MORTE sua.
Molti rifermenti appunto a matematici e teoremi vari.
Contornato da musica e magia, questa lettura scorre via abbastanza bene.
Il suo prof a questo giro si 猫 spinto oltre il classico.
Un bel giallo matematico che, per un liceo scientifico, 猫 la MORTE sua.
Molti rifermenti appunto a matematici e teoremi vari.
Contornato da musica e magia, questa lettura scorre via abbastanza bene.
September 30, 2020
T膩ds diezgan viendimension膩ls klasiska stila detekt墨vrom膩ns ar matem膩tisku piesitienu. 膧tra un viegla las膩mviela atslodzei, ja pat墨k 拧膩da 啪anra darbi. Grib膿j膩s vair膩k mist膿rijas un kaut k膩da dzi募uma, jo ideja 拧姆ita intri模膿jo拧a. Da募膿ja vil拧an膩s laikam ir ar墨 t膩d膿募, ka lik膩s, ka lasu klasisku britu detekt墨vrom膩nu argent墨nie拧u rakstnieka izpild墨jum膩... un neman墨ju 墨sti nek膩das lat墨艈amerik膩niskas v膿smas.
February 21, 2017
Ayer le dec铆a a mi marido, "qu茅 lindo, despu茅s de mucho tiempo, leer una novela en 2 tardes y quedar satisfecha". Parece que ahora la moda es sacar novelas de 600 p谩ginas m铆nimo, as铆 los compradores saben que hacen rendir su dinero (el contenido da lo mismo).
Esta novela entrega lo que promete: entretenida, agradable de leer, el misterio es interesante y sacando algunos desvar铆os matem谩ticos y filos贸ficos que le dan cierta verosimilitud a la trama, no es tampoco muy rebuscada. (Aunque tuve que googlear a Wittgenstein, de quien no le铆 nunca nada). Todo esto en menos de 250 p谩ginas.
Se le podr铆a achacar que hay ciertos momentos donde parece que uno adivina el final, luego que no, nos distraen por ac谩 y por all谩, y como al protagonista, nos parece que hay algo muy obvio que no estamos viendo pero que lo vamos a descubrir en cualquier momento. El argumento por excelencia de toda buena novela policial.
No se puede hacer m谩s lento
Como en el truco de Ren茅 Lavand y que ocupa todo un cap铆tulo del libro, la verdad es realmente simple, y nos han mostrado todos los indicios de manera totalmente obvia.
Esta novela entrega lo que promete: entretenida, agradable de leer, el misterio es interesante y sacando algunos desvar铆os matem谩ticos y filos贸ficos que le dan cierta verosimilitud a la trama, no es tampoco muy rebuscada. (Aunque tuve que googlear a Wittgenstein, de quien no le铆 nunca nada). Todo esto en menos de 250 p谩ginas.
Se le podr铆a achacar que hay ciertos momentos donde parece que uno adivina el final, luego que no, nos distraen por ac谩 y por all谩, y como al protagonista, nos parece que hay algo muy obvio que no estamos viendo pero que lo vamos a descubrir en cualquier momento. El argumento por excelencia de toda buena novela policial.
No se puede hacer m谩s lento
Como en el truco de Ren茅 Lavand y que ocupa todo un cap铆tulo del libro, la verdad es realmente simple, y nos han mostrado todos los indicios de manera totalmente obvia.
August 30, 2018
SLEUTHING BY NUMBERS
This is a deceptively easy page-turner and more challenging than it first seems. The intriguing links between mathematics, magic and crime-solving make for a tongue-in-cheek take on the traditional cosy English murder mystery. What's more, the reader can enjoy the added bonus of painlessly absorbing some interesting philosophical concepts along the way.
Extract:-
'The mechanism for corroborating the truth that goes all the way back to Aristotle and Euclid, the proud machinery that starts from true statements, from irrefutable first principles, and advances in strictly logical steps towards a thesis - what we call the axiomatic method - is sometimes just as inadequate as the unreliable, approximative criteria applied by the law.'
P.S. There is a film based on this novel starring John Hurt and other notable actors. I haven't seen it but it got very poor reviews - so probably best to avoid!
Reviewed for
This is a deceptively easy page-turner and more challenging than it first seems. The intriguing links between mathematics, magic and crime-solving make for a tongue-in-cheek take on the traditional cosy English murder mystery. What's more, the reader can enjoy the added bonus of painlessly absorbing some interesting philosophical concepts along the way.
Extract:-
'The mechanism for corroborating the truth that goes all the way back to Aristotle and Euclid, the proud machinery that starts from true statements, from irrefutable first principles, and advances in strictly logical steps towards a thesis - what we call the axiomatic method - is sometimes just as inadequate as the unreliable, approximative criteria applied by the law.'
P.S. There is a film based on this novel starring John Hurt and other notable actors. I haven't seen it but it got very poor reviews - so probably best to avoid!
Reviewed for
May 24, 2023
丌丿賲 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 蹖賴 噩賴鬲 賳诏丕賴 讴賳賴貙 賴賲賴 蹖 噩賴鬲 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕夭 丿蹖丿卮 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖乇賴. 賵賯鬲蹖 丕夭 蹖賴 乇丕賴賽 賲賲讴賳 噩賱賵 亘乇賴貙 鬲賵 夭賲丕賳 賵丕賯毓蹖 倬蹖卮 賲蹖乇賴 賵 卮丕蹖丿 丿蹖诏賴 賮乇氐鬲 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賲爻蹖乇 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴. 亘賴 倬蹖鬲乇爻賳 賴賲 诏賮鬲賲貙 賲賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳賲蹖 鬲乇爻賲 讴賴 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 讴賳賲貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲賴 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 賲蹖 鬲乇爻賲 讴賴 賴賲賴 蹖 毓賲乇賲 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 : 讴賴 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 賮讴乇賲賴 亘賴 亘丿鬲乇蹖賳 卮讴賱 丕鬲賮丕賯 亘蹖賮鬲賴.
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#噩賳丕蹖丕鬲_賳丕賲丨爻賵爻 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賯鬲賱賴丕蹖蹖爻鬲 爻乇蹖丕賱蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌讴爻賮賵乇丿 乇禺 賲蹖丿賳 賵 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖丕丿 賯丕鬲賱 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 蹖讴 乇蹖丕囟蹖丿丕賳 賳丕亘睾賴 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 賲蹖讴賳賴 鬲丕 賯鬲賱賴丕 乇賵 亘丕 鬲爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 賳賲丕丿賴丕 賵 乇蹖丕囟蹖丕鬲 丕賳噩丕賲 亘丿賴.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺蹖賱蹖 乇賵蹖 亘禺卮 噩賳丕蹖蹖卮 賲鬲賲乇讴夭 賳蹖爻鬲貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 鬲賵氐蹖賮 賳馗乇蹖賴 賴丕蹖 乇蹖丕囟蹖 賵 賮賱爻賮蹖 賲蹖倬乇丿丕夭賴. 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 爻乇诏乇賲 讴賳賳丿賴 丕蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 賵賱蹖 乇丕丨鬲 賲蹖卮賴 禺賵賳丿卮 丕诏乇 亘賴 噩賳丕蹖鬲 賵 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 乇蹖丕囟蹖丕鬲 毓賱丕賯賴 丿丕乇蹖賳.
賳卮乇 趩卮賲賴 賴賲 鬲丕夭诏蹖丕 胤乇丨 噩賱丿賴丕卮 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 賵 賲鬲賮讴乇丕賳賴 賵 賲乇鬲亘胤 亘丕 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 卮丿賴 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 賯亘賱賴.
December 27, 2024
袧械 芯褔褨泻褍胁邪谢邪 薪褨褔芯谐芯 胁褨写 褑褨褦褩 泻薪懈谐懈 - 芯褑褨薪泻邪 薪邪 袚褍写褉褨写蟹 写芯 褌芯谐芯 泄 褋锌芯薪褍泻邪褦, 邪谢械 褑械 胁懈褟胁懈胁褋褟 薪邪 写懈胁芯 薪械锌芯谐邪薪懈泄 写械褌械泻褌懈胁 锌褉芯 屑芯谢芯写芯谐芯 屑邪褌械屑邪褌懈泻邪, 褟泻懈泄 锌褉懈褩蟹写懈褌褜 薪邪 褋褌邪卸褍胁邪薪薪褟 写芯 袨泻褋褎芯褉写褍 褨 屑懈屑芯胁芯谢褨 褋褌邪褦 褍褔邪褋薪懈泻芯屑 写械褌械泻褌懈胁薪芯谐芯 褉芯蟹褋谢褨写褍胁邪薪薪褟.
鈼� 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯 褍 褋褌懈谢褨 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪芯谐芯 邪薪谐谢褨泄褋褜泻芯谐芯 写械褌械泻褌懈胁褍
鈼� 谐邪褉薪懈泄 锌械褉械泻谢邪写
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鈼� 蟹邪谐邪写泻芯胁褨 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪 写褨褩 芯写薪芯谐芯 屑邪薪褨褟泻邪, 褔懈 胁褋械 褋泻谢邪写薪褨褕械 薪褨卸 胁懈写邪褦褌褜褋褟 薪邪 锌械褉褕懈泄 锌芯谐谢褟写
鈼� 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪芯 褍 褋褌懈谢褨 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪芯谐芯 邪薪谐谢褨泄褋褜泻芯谐芯 写械褌械泻褌懈胁褍
鈼� 谐邪褉薪懈泄 锌械褉械泻谢邪写
鈼� 褑褨泻邪胁褨 屑邪褌械屑邪褌懈褔薪褨 写懈褋泻褍褋褨褩 (褨 褌邪泻械 斜褍胁邪褦)
鈼� 蟹邪谐邪写泻芯胁褨 胁斜懈胁褋褌胁邪 写褨褩 芯写薪芯谐芯 屑邪薪褨褟泻邪, 褔懈 胁褋械 褋泻谢邪写薪褨褕械 薪褨卸 胁懈写邪褦褌褜褋褟 薪邪 锌械褉褕懈泄 锌芯谐谢褟写
June 4, 2009
First Sentence: Now that the years have passed and everything鈥檚 been forgotten, and now that I鈥檝e received a terse e-mail from Scotland with the sad news of Seldom鈥檚 death, I feel I can break my silence (which he never asked for anyway) and tell the truth about events that reached the British papers in the summer of 鈥�93 with macabre and sensationalist headlines, but to which Seldom and I always referred 鈥� perhaps due to the mathematical connotation 鈥� simply as the series, or the Oxford Series.
An Argentinean graduate student comes to Oxford taking a room within the house of an elderly lady who had helped decipher the Enigma Code during WWII. He meets Arthur Seldom, a renowned logician who is an idol of his. When the student finds his landlady murdered in her parlor, he learns Seldom had received an anonymous note containing a symbol and indication that this was only the first murder to come.
I must confess that math and puzzles of logic are a foreign language to me so many of the discussions in this book were beyond me. As a mystery, it didn鈥檛 have much to offer.
Normally, I love books set in England. Here, it didn鈥檛 really matter as there was no real sense of place. There was also little character development, including the fact that we never new the name of the narrator nor had any real reason to care about any of the characters.
The book read very flat. There was nothing to draw me in; no suspense, no fascinating characters, no strong sense of place, and event the murders were uneventful. The worst was that I identified the killer almost immediately and, in spite of the twists which ended up being rather silly. I found the ending totally unsatisfying.
The best thing is that the book was short and enables me to move on to my next book very quickly. Mathematicians or logisticians might enjoy this book. I recommend mystery lovers give it a pass.
THE OXFORD MURDERS (Ama. Sleuths-Argentine student/Arthur Seldom-England-Cont) 鈥� Poor
Mart铆nez, Guillermo 鈥� Standalone
Penguin Books, 2005, Trade paperback 鈥� ISBN: 014303796X
An Argentinean graduate student comes to Oxford taking a room within the house of an elderly lady who had helped decipher the Enigma Code during WWII. He meets Arthur Seldom, a renowned logician who is an idol of his. When the student finds his landlady murdered in her parlor, he learns Seldom had received an anonymous note containing a symbol and indication that this was only the first murder to come.
I must confess that math and puzzles of logic are a foreign language to me so many of the discussions in this book were beyond me. As a mystery, it didn鈥檛 have much to offer.
Normally, I love books set in England. Here, it didn鈥檛 really matter as there was no real sense of place. There was also little character development, including the fact that we never new the name of the narrator nor had any real reason to care about any of the characters.
The book read very flat. There was nothing to draw me in; no suspense, no fascinating characters, no strong sense of place, and event the murders were uneventful. The worst was that I identified the killer almost immediately and, in spite of the twists which ended up being rather silly. I found the ending totally unsatisfying.
The best thing is that the book was short and enables me to move on to my next book very quickly. Mathematicians or logisticians might enjoy this book. I recommend mystery lovers give it a pass.
THE OXFORD MURDERS (Ama. Sleuths-Argentine student/Arthur Seldom-England-Cont) 鈥� Poor
Mart铆nez, Guillermo 鈥� Standalone
Penguin Books, 2005, Trade paperback 鈥� ISBN: 014303796X
September 27, 2022
Segunda vez que lo leo y qu茅 bueno poder disfrutar de releer una historia que me tuvo enganchada desde la primer p谩gina y sorprendi贸 el final, la primera vez, por inesperado pero en esta, sabi茅ndolo, pude encontrar cosas que antes habia pasado por alto.
Un placer cada una de sus historias y una pel铆cula pendiente desde hace muchos a帽os.
Un placer cada una de sus historias y una pel铆cula pendiente desde hace muchos a帽os.
June 18, 2019
讴鬲丕亘蹖賴 賲鬲卮讴賱 丕夭 丕蹖丿賴 賴丕蹖 賮賱爻賮蹖 鬲毓丿丕丿蹖 賮蹖賱爻賵賮 賵 亘丕夭蹖 亘丕 乇蹖丕囟蹖丕鬲 賵 賮蹖夭蹖讴 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 噩賳丕蹖蹖 賵 讴賲蹖 倬乇 讴卮卮
賴賲蹖賳 :)
賴賲蹖賳 :)
September 21, 2017
My actual rating for The Oxford Murders is probably about 3.5 stars because Guillermo Martinez is a good writer. But I would describe this book as a novel written by a mathematician for mathematicians. Almost all the characters, except for the detective, are either professional or amateur mathematicians--including the first victim. And a significant percentage of the 197 pages of the novel consist not of story, but of one mathematician talking to another mathematician about some other mathematician or about some theory of mathematics. Short sections of narrative action, with just enough occasional romance and a little sex, are interspersed like small oases in a desert of cognition.
This may sound worse than I intend it to. I did enjoy reading the novel, though its brevity is probably a good thing. And the ending is an interesting twist. And it does have Oxford as a setting, after all. I give the novel a qualified recommendation. It's hard to escape the reality that any crime drama set in Oxford is just asking to be compared to Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series (and, of course, the Inspector Lewis spin-off and the Endeavor spin-off on the telly). Not an easy thing to live up to.
This may sound worse than I intend it to. I did enjoy reading the novel, though its brevity is probably a good thing. And the ending is an interesting twist. And it does have Oxford as a setting, after all. I give the novel a qualified recommendation. It's hard to escape the reality that any crime drama set in Oxford is just asking to be compared to Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series (and, of course, the Inspector Lewis spin-off and the Endeavor spin-off on the telly). Not an easy thing to live up to.
July 23, 2010
I like watching Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis. (Okay, for Inspector Lewis it's because I like Hathaway, but still). I liked Numbers for a bit.
I didn't like this book.
Sometimes I don't mind when you can figure out the solution by page 30. is somewhat like that but it is still a good read because of the characters.
Not interesting characters here.
And boy, did I mind.
And the book is like Numbers but after the first season and a half, you know when it got stupid (Honestly, Charlie has to tell the FBI, including a profiler, that they should negoiate!!) and then every single storyline Charlie is alway right and never, ever wrong because he's like God or something.
And math people wouldn't explain all that stuff to each other. Honestly, they really wouldn't. And I'm sorry, the guy becomes so smart about murder because he read crime novels? Novels mean fiction. He should be reading real accounts. I hope that was a translation issue. I hate Miss Marple (unless its Rutherford; she's just grand).
I didn't like this book.
Sometimes I don't mind when you can figure out the solution by page 30. is somewhat like that but it is still a good read because of the characters.
Not interesting characters here.
And boy, did I mind.
And the book is like Numbers but after the first season and a half, you know when it got stupid (Honestly, Charlie has to tell the FBI, including a profiler, that they should negoiate!!) and then every single storyline Charlie is alway right and never, ever wrong because he's like God or something.
And math people wouldn't explain all that stuff to each other. Honestly, they really wouldn't. And I'm sorry, the guy becomes so smart about murder because he read crime novels? Novels mean fiction. He should be reading real accounts. I hope that was a translation issue. I hate Miss Marple (unless its Rutherford; she's just grand).
May 9, 2021
1,5.
Muy, muy, muy aburrido. Hace mucho tiempo... No, miento, NUNCA me he echado a la cara una novela de misterio tan soberanamente aburrida como esta. He escuchado el audiolibro y ten铆a que hacer unos esfuerzos sobrehumanos para concentrarme.
Lo 煤nico que merece la pena es la resoluci贸n del caso, que es bastante interesante y logra sorprender un poco (un poco, eh) al lector, pero todo el recorrido es tan aburrido e insustancial que cuando llegas al final lo 煤nico que quieres es que termine ya.
Escuch茅 este audiolibro porque hab铆a otro del autor que me llamaba la atenci贸n, "Los cr铆menes de Alicia", en el que aparece el mismo protagonista y pens茅 en leer este primero por si hab铆a similitudes en la trama o alg煤n detalle que necesitaba conocer, pero visto lo visto se me han quitado todas las ganas de leer nada m谩s de este se帽or. Y encima esta novela se llev贸 el Premio Planeta Argentina. Vale que en general el Planeta es un premio del que no se esperan grandes cosas pero lo de este libro es sangrante.
La estrella y media se la lleva sobre todo por el final y por una frase que a m铆 me ha parecido tremendamente iluminadora: "la repetici贸n crea deseos, y el deseo crea obsesiones".
Muy, muy, muy aburrido. Hace mucho tiempo... No, miento, NUNCA me he echado a la cara una novela de misterio tan soberanamente aburrida como esta. He escuchado el audiolibro y ten铆a que hacer unos esfuerzos sobrehumanos para concentrarme.
Lo 煤nico que merece la pena es la resoluci贸n del caso, que es bastante interesante y logra sorprender un poco (un poco, eh) al lector, pero todo el recorrido es tan aburrido e insustancial que cuando llegas al final lo 煤nico que quieres es que termine ya.
Escuch茅 este audiolibro porque hab铆a otro del autor que me llamaba la atenci贸n, "Los cr铆menes de Alicia", en el que aparece el mismo protagonista y pens茅 en leer este primero por si hab铆a similitudes en la trama o alg煤n detalle que necesitaba conocer, pero visto lo visto se me han quitado todas las ganas de leer nada m谩s de este se帽or. Y encima esta novela se llev贸 el Premio Planeta Argentina. Vale que en general el Planeta es un premio del que no se esperan grandes cosas pero lo de este libro es sangrante.
La estrella y media se la lleva sobre todo por el final y por una frase que a m铆 me ha parecido tremendamente iluminadora: "la repetici贸n crea deseos, y el deseo crea obsesiones".
September 30, 2018
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April 9, 2019
Hay algo hermoso en releer los libros que te iniciaron en el mundo de la literatura.
Esta novela la le铆 por primera vez a los doce a帽os y con ella empec茅 a ser un lector serio.
Para cuando en quinto a帽o, una profesora me hizo encontrarme con los cuentos de Infierno Grande y me acerc贸 Acerca de Roderer dici茅ndome "esto lo tenes que leer s铆 o s铆" ya ten铆a decidido que iba a ser escritor y Guillermo Mart铆nez no hizo m谩s que confirmarme ese deseo.
El redescubrirse a uno mismo como lector es una experiencia por la que todos tenemos que pasar. Asimismo, la lectura de esta novela deber铆a ser obligatoria.
Tal vez no es el mejor libro del mundo, pero fue el puntapi茅 para estar donde estoy hoy y esas cosas nunca de olvidan.
El policial cl谩sico, con esa mezcla de la sutileza Argentina y la elegancia Inglesa es lo que se irradia en todas estas p谩ginas. El crimen te lleva, los personajes te revelan a vos mismo y la historia cierra con el lector un intenso aro emocional.
Esta novela la le铆 por primera vez a los doce a帽os y con ella empec茅 a ser un lector serio.
Para cuando en quinto a帽o, una profesora me hizo encontrarme con los cuentos de Infierno Grande y me acerc贸 Acerca de Roderer dici茅ndome "esto lo tenes que leer s铆 o s铆" ya ten铆a decidido que iba a ser escritor y Guillermo Mart铆nez no hizo m谩s que confirmarme ese deseo.
El redescubrirse a uno mismo como lector es una experiencia por la que todos tenemos que pasar. Asimismo, la lectura de esta novela deber铆a ser obligatoria.
Tal vez no es el mejor libro del mundo, pero fue el puntapi茅 para estar donde estoy hoy y esas cosas nunca de olvidan.
El policial cl谩sico, con esa mezcla de la sutileza Argentina y la elegancia Inglesa es lo que se irradia en todas estas p谩ginas. El crimen te lleva, los personajes te revelan a vos mismo y la historia cierra con el lector un intenso aro emocional.
May 25, 2021
Pausa gialla.
Un luminare della matematica, docente a Oxford, indaga su una serie di 鈥渄elitti impercettibili鈥�, cio猫 che tendono a non apparire tali.
A raccontare tutta la storia (e a essere coinvolto nella ricerca) un giovane studente argentino.
Molti i riferimenti alla logica e alla matematica, dal teorema di Fermat alla dottrina esoterica dei pitagorici ai paradossi di Lewis Carroll.
Se non ci si sofferma troppo su qualche elucubrazione teorica tutto scorre piacevolmente...fino alla sorpresa finale.
Un luminare della matematica, docente a Oxford, indaga su una serie di 鈥渄elitti impercettibili鈥�, cio猫 che tendono a non apparire tali.
A raccontare tutta la storia (e a essere coinvolto nella ricerca) un giovane studente argentino.
Molti i riferimenti alla logica e alla matematica, dal teorema di Fermat alla dottrina esoterica dei pitagorici ai paradossi di Lewis Carroll.
Se non ci si sofferma troppo su qualche elucubrazione teorica tutto scorre piacevolmente...fino alla sorpresa finale.
January 11, 2018
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