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"A man lives alone in a watchtower by the sea. On the circular wails of the tower he is painting a grand mural - the timeless landscape of a battle. Andres Faulques is a former war photographer, and the painting is his attempt to capture the image that has always eluded him; to encapsulate, in an instant, the meaning of war. But then one day a stranger knocks on his door and announces that he has come to kill him. The man is a shadow from his past, a former soldier and one of the myriad faces of war that enabled Faulques to become rich and famous. The two begin a chess game of words, delving into both their pasts, a doomed love affair and a tragic betrayal. For as long as he can maintain a dialogue with this man, Faulques will be safe." "Intense and turbulent, this is a novel about art, war, love and the human capacity for both violence and empathy. It asks profound questions about human nature and where the next century might take us."--Jacket.
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Soldiers, Artists, War, Fiction, War photographers, Stalking victims, Photographers, Mural painting and decoration, Fotógrafos de guerra, Civilización, Novela psicológica, Civilization, Pintura mural, Ficción, Psychological aspects of War, Psychological aspects, Photographes de guerre, Romans, nouvelles, Peinture et décoration murales, Peinture, Fiction, psychological, Artists, fiction, Romance literature, Fotógrafos, NovelaPlaces
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Zhan zheng hua shi: El Pintor de batallas
2009, Shanxi shi fan da xue chu ban she
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The painter of battles
2007, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Translated from the Spanish.
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Faulques, a war photographer, witnessed most of the wars of the end of the 20th Century, but he was never able to capture the photo that would explain the chaos of the universe. Now, as he continues to try to understand it, he starts painting a grand circular fresco on the inside wall of a tower on the Mediterranean, disturbed by the memories of a woman he can never forget, and an unexpected visit: of a man who wants to kill him.
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