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Why, then, do I love the book? But they're usually very well portrayed, with only a few words, a nationality, ideology, a bit of background For example, Magnin's introduction: He's got that distracted-competent air about him. Manuel likes to fidget and often has something in his hands, usually a branch or a pen.
I do that too. Malraux and his characters talk about art; religious art, street art, anything. Artists and intellectuals were of course mostly in the republican side and Scali was, I think, an art teacher in Italy. It's in fact surprisingly present in the novel. There are constant visual symbols. Two cadillacs in the streets of Madrid are likened to a scene in a gangster movie. Malraux's language is lyrical. For example, like Flaubert before him, he compares an attack to a wave: Although I have criticized that before, the discussions about ideology are numerous and I find them extremely interesting.
Anarchists and communists had a leading role in the civil war, as they had in the resistances across Europe during WWII. It's not that they were many, it's that they were organized and believed in what they were doing. Malraux writes that communists were the better soldiers, because they had the discipline of the Party.
These conflicting people were forced to collaborate, and Malraux has them talking at a time when communism had not yet failed. The psychological novel is woven together with the adventure novel. I dislike war movies, but love war books. The strategy, the technology, the fight with overwhelmingly bad equipment are described in L'espoir and are really shoking. I mean, they fight tanks with grenades and throw bombs from " le trou des chiottes" , the hole for the toilet in the planes, because that's all they've got. I stress, this book is not boring. Most of the times. I think it's sometimes read in high school, which is almost never good for a book.
I agree it's easy to get lost with so many things happening and so many characters. But I would re read it anytime. Well, re re re re read it.
There's adventure and art and poetry. En cualquier guerra, se debe narrar lo que ocurre en ambos bandos. Sin embargo, es meritorio que haya sido redactada y publicada, porque daba un testimonio del bando perdedor de la Guerra. Apr 13, Encarna Castillo rated it it was amazing Shelves: Por ello, su lectura es triste porque el lector es sabedor del triste final. May 02, Teresa rated it it was ok Shelves: This book and me didn't get along, at all! First of all, I can blame it on a deceptive description at the back of the book that gave me some unrealistic expectations.
It's a novel, not his witness of the times he spent in the Spanish Civil War. But never mind that. I just couldn't get into the book, into the story or the characters. There were some dramatic events but Don't mind the mark, it's not a bad novel. Actual This book and me didn't get along, at all! Actually I enjoyed some of the conversations between the characters about what is a revolution, and the differences between socialists, communists and anarchists. And it's very well-written, very poetic, but it didn't get me.
May 21, Marc rated it it was ok Shelves: Read this when I was 17; I was totally overwhelmed. Reread it when I was However, from a literary point of view "L'espoir" can be situated on a higher level than Malraux's other ones: This book is interesting as an historic document about the Spanish Civil War, especially on the great division on the leftist side.
But all in all it's too much about the "brotherhood of men in war", focussing on their battle with Read this when I was 17; I was totally overwhelmed. But all in all it's too much about the "brotherhood of men in war", focussing on their battle with death, courage, cameraderie and loneliness. I'm sorry to say that this one sinks into the black hole of the half read book.
I loved 'Man's Fate' and expected this to be similar. It's more of a confusing jumble that I at first thought was mirroring the confusion of the war but when one of the characters died and I felt nothing, I knew that this book wasn't for me. May 23, Jorge Pinto rated it really liked it.
Gostei bastante do livro mas julgo que se encontra uns furos abaixo do Homage to Catalonia. Aug 08, Ivan rated it it was ok. A very good war story, much better than it would ever be made into a a movie.
Lots of drama and suspense. The good guys lose of course but that's not exactly where it leaves off.
Malraux writes semi autobiographically, but obviously saw enough horror and death as he may have not but fictionalized. Kinda sorta probably currently relevant too, with what has been happening in Catalonia and Spain of late. Alternates between evocative passages of immense prose and long stretches of ennui. Couple that with too many characters too faintly sketched and it is not a Malraux masterpiece. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
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In this brigade are Manuel, a Communist laborer, and Magnin, an ex-airline pilot. They must train a hodgepodge of men--both idealistic and despairing--all from different countries. This arduous training process, coupled with outdated equipment, conspire to keep them from succeeding against Franco. The tragedy of the Spanish Civil War serves as a basis for exploring the human condition in this novel which captures the torture, fear, and bravery of the romantic hero who deeply believes in the rebel cause and enters into the fighting. View all 3 comments.
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