Sudden Death: Alvaro Enrigue If you’re in to Mexican history, literary conversations and tennis then this funny, complex and absorbing book is the perfect match for you. Argentinian writer, translator and all round smart guy Alberto Manguel writes up Sudden Death for the Guardian: “Sudden Death is a complex historical pageant of astonishing richness that portrays the imperial ambitions of Spain and the power struggles of the Italian states, the cultural clashes between the Catholic church and the people of the new world, the conflict between the creative arts and the political and religious dogmas of the time. It is also a history of the game of tennis. And beneath all this, like an undercurrent, runs the troubled question of Mexico’s identity


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Add to Calendar Europe/Paris Sudden Death: Alvaro Enrigue If you’re in to Mexican history, literary conversations and tennis then this funny, complex and absorbing book is the perfect match for you. Argentinian writer, translator and all round smart guy Alberto Manguel writes up Sudden Death for the Guardian: “Sudden Death is a complex historical pageant of astonishing richness that portrays the imperial ambitions of Spain and the power struggles of the Italian states, the cultural clashes between the Catholic church and the people of the new world, the conflict between the creative arts and the political and religious dogmas of the time. It is also a history of the game of tennis. And beneath all this, like an undercurrent, runs the troubled question of Mexico’s identity

Sudden Death: Alvaro Enrigue

If you’re in to Mexican history, literary conversations and tennis then this funny, complex and absorbing book is the perfect match for you.
Argentinian writer, translator and all round smart guy Alberto Manguel writes up Sudden Death for the Guardian: “Sudden Death is a complex historical pageant of astonishing richness that portrays the imperial ambitions of Spain and the power struggles of the Italian states, the cultural clashes between the Catholic church and the people of the new world, the conflict between the creative arts and the political and religious dogmas of the time. It is also a history of the game of tennis. And beneath all this, like an undercurrent, runs the troubled question of Mexico’s identity.” #libreriarecommends #libtryptich #guardianreviews #albertomanguel #threestrikesandyoureout

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Sudden Death: Alvaro Enrigue

If you’re in to Mexican history, literary conversations and tennis then this funny, complex and absorbing book is the perfect match for you.
Argentinian writer, translator and all round smart guy Alberto Manguel writes up Sudden Death for the Guardian: “Sudden Death is a complex historical pageant of astonishing richness that portrays the imperial ambitions of Spain and the power struggles of the Italian states, the cultural clashes between the Catholic church and the people of the new world, the conflict between the creative arts and the political and religious dogmas of the time. It is also a history of the game of tennis. And beneath all this, like an undercurrent, runs the troubled question of Mexico’s identity.” #libreriarecommends #libtryptich #guardianreviews #albertomanguel #threestrikesandyoureout

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