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nuska's review against another edition
4.0
Una vez terminado un libro de Javier Marías, o al menos uno de los que componen la trilogía de "Tu rostro mañana" siempre queda la sensación de haber aprendido muchas cosas. En una aventura con más diálogo y conversación dialéctica que acción, podemos encontrar materias tan distintas entre sí como la instalación -nunca aceptación- en un estado permanente de espera de la violencia en las guerras o las modalidades de espada en la historia medieval.
El protagonista nos arrastra a su mundo de espionaje. Logra que nos preguntemos el porqué de todo lo que hace, piensa y dice. Porque él, por supuesto, tiene su propia historia, aunque el mismo narrador advierta al principio del primero de los tres libros que no se debería contar nunca nada, eso implica hacer depositario al oyente de una confianza que, tarde o temprano, acabará por traicionar (y en este tipo de sentencias es donde se aprecia con transparencia la biografía de su padre Julián Marías). Una vez más: brillante.
El protagonista nos arrastra a su mundo de espionaje. Logra que nos preguntemos el porqué de todo lo que hace, piensa y dice. Porque él, por supuesto, tiene su propia historia, aunque el mismo narrador advierta al principio del primero de los tres libros que no se debería contar nunca nada, eso implica hacer depositario al oyente de una confianza que, tarde o temprano, acabará por traicionar (y en este tipo de sentencias es donde se aprecia con transparencia la biografía de su padre Julián Marías). Una vez más: brillante.
merixien's review against another edition
5.0
Serinin ilk kitabındaki oradan oraya sürüklenip olayları takip ederken yine bambaşka yerlerden çıkmamızın aksine bu kitap daha konsantre bir şekilde bir dans gecesi, İspanya İç Savaşı, Tupra'nın detayları ve korku üzerine yoğunlaşıyor. Benim ilk kitapta "Wheeler'ı dinlerken ben mi kaçırdım acaba" diye takıldığım kan lekesi varlığını ve gizemini bu kitapta da korumaya devam ediyor. Üçüncü cilt gümbür gümbür geliyor gibi bir his var içimde. Okurun aklıyla oynayan, muazzam bir seri, çok beğendim.
"Korku, Jack. Sana bir keresinde söylemiştim, korku dünyanın en büyük kuvvetidir, yeter ki insan ona uyum sağlasın, onun içine yerleşsin, onunla barışık yaşasın. O zaman korkudan yararlanabilir, onu kullanabilir, rüyasında bile göremeyeceği kahramanlıklar yapabilir, cesurca savaşabilir, direnebilir, hatta kendisinden daha güçlü birini yenebilir. Sizlere söylemiştim, çocukları yanlarında cepheye gönderilese, anneler en iyi savaşçılar olur."
"Korku, Jack. Sana bir keresinde söylemiştim, korku dünyanın en büyük kuvvetidir, yeter ki insan ona uyum sağlasın, onun içine yerleşsin, onunla barışık yaşasın. O zaman korkudan yararlanabilir, onu kullanabilir, rüyasında bile göremeyeceği kahramanlıklar yapabilir, cesurca savaşabilir, direnebilir, hatta kendisinden daha güçlü birini yenebilir. Sizlere söylemiştim, çocukları yanlarında cepheye gönderilese, anneler en iyi savaşçılar olur."
blueyorkie's review against another edition
3.0
I was immensely captivated by the first volume of Your Face Tomorrow. This second part, even if it included some exciting moments, kept me much less in suspense. Of course, I found several pleasant elements there to see, specific to the pen of Javier Marias, such as these ambivalent and mysterious personages, these permanent feelings of intrigue, even (and especially) when there are no exciting actions.
In this second part, Dance and Dream, we find Jaime Deza in England. An exciting element: his attachment with his ex-wife Luisa, who remained in Spain, is further explored. We sometimes feel a bit of resentment in their telephone conversations, but at least she agrees to speak and even give advice. It's because she knows Deza so well. But always this tension, you never know when she is going to launch a murderous remark, not the point of sarcasm.
He is still concerning Jaime Deza and who is intriguing: his involvement in the measures of the mysterious Bertram Tupra, this individual who is supposed to work for some obscure group under the British secret service. At least, I hope so, if not Deza steeped in bad stories. Anyway, we are no longer content to translate interrogations, to give his impressions, no! He sent out into the field, without really knowing what he is doing or why.
His mission not crowned with success, the woman whom he had to distract (while Tupra himself took care of the husband) accepted by the enigmatic cultural attached from La Garza, also met in the previous volume. Coincidence? Is this man as distracted and self-absorbed as we think? Or is it just a facade to hide subversive activities? What mysteries! Deza has to find this woman, even for that, he has to tour all the clubs and hotels in London!
As I wrote above, Dance and Dream appealed to me a little less than the previous volume. It's that I like to be intrigued, mystified, but there comes the point where I also want to have answers. If only in part! And here I am swimming in an opaque fog. Also, given the great erudition of Javier Marias, the reader finds himself bombarded with information, some having more or less tenuous links with the plot. How to get to unravel this story if more than half of the clues are useless, if not to maintain the mystery? I feared dropping out at one point. I will finish this series anyway; there is only a third volume left.
In this second part, Dance and Dream, we find Jaime Deza in England. An exciting element: his attachment with his ex-wife Luisa, who remained in Spain, is further explored. We sometimes feel a bit of resentment in their telephone conversations, but at least she agrees to speak and even give advice. It's because she knows Deza so well. But always this tension, you never know when she is going to launch a murderous remark, not the point of sarcasm.
He is still concerning Jaime Deza and who is intriguing: his involvement in the measures of the mysterious Bertram Tupra, this individual who is supposed to work for some obscure group under the British secret service. At least, I hope so, if not Deza steeped in bad stories. Anyway, we are no longer content to translate interrogations, to give his impressions, no! He sent out into the field, without really knowing what he is doing or why.
His mission not crowned with success, the woman whom he had to distract (while Tupra himself took care of the husband) accepted by the enigmatic cultural attached from La Garza, also met in the previous volume. Coincidence? Is this man as distracted and self-absorbed as we think? Or is it just a facade to hide subversive activities? What mysteries! Deza has to find this woman, even for that, he has to tour all the clubs and hotels in London!
As I wrote above, Dance and Dream appealed to me a little less than the previous volume. It's that I like to be intrigued, mystified, but there comes the point where I also want to have answers. If only in part! And here I am swimming in an opaque fog. Also, given the great erudition of Javier Marias, the reader finds himself bombarded with information, some having more or less tenuous links with the plot. How to get to unravel this story if more than half of the clues are useless, if not to maintain the mystery? I feared dropping out at one point. I will finish this series anyway; there is only a third volume left.
jakebittle's review against another edition
This guy better do some actual spying in the third volume. All he’s done so far is watch videos, talk to a friend, and visit a nightclub with his boss.
kingkong's review against another edition
5.0
I liked it better than the first volume but maybe that's because I got used to 50 word sentences that go on forever until you forget what you were reading and its time to put the book down and turn the lights off and lie in the dark trying to find teenage girls' instagram accounts
veranasi's review against another edition
5.0
I'm mostly ready for part three. This is an incredibly dense series and I'll write a review on book three.
merixien's review against another edition
5.0
Serinin ilk kitabındaki oradan oraya sürüklenip olayları takip ederken yine bambaşka yerlerden çıkmamızın aksine bu kitap daha konsantre bir şekilde bir dans gecesi, İspanya İç Savaşı, Tupra'nın detayları ve korku üzerine yoğunlaşıyor. Benim ilk kitapta "Wheeler'ı dinlerken ben mi kaçırdım acaba" diye takıldığım kan lekesi varlığını ve gizemini bu kitapta da korumaya devam ediyor. Üçüncü cilt gümbür gümbür geliyor gibi bir his var içimde. Okurun aklıyla oynayan, muazzam bir seri, çok beğendim.
"Korku, Jack. Sana bir keresinde söylemiştim, korku dünyanın en büyük kuvvetidir, yeter ki insan ona uyum sağlasın, onun içine yerleşsin, onunla barışık yaşasın. O zaman korkudan yararlanabilir, onu kullanabilir, rüyasında bile göremeyeceği kahramanlıklar yapabilir, cesurca savaşabilir, direnebilir, hatta kendisinden daha güçlü birini yenebilir. Sizlere söylemiştim, çocukları yanlarında cepheye gönderilese, anneler en iyi savaşçılar olur."
"Korku, Jack. Sana bir keresinde söylemiştim, korku dünyanın en büyük kuvvetidir, yeter ki insan ona uyum sağlasın, onun içine yerleşsin, onunla barışık yaşasın. O zaman korkudan yararlanabilir, onu kullanabilir, rüyasında bile göremeyeceği kahramanlıklar yapabilir, cesurca savaşabilir, direnebilir, hatta kendisinden daha güçlü birini yenebilir. Sizlere söylemiştim, çocukları yanlarında cepheye gönderilese, anneler en iyi savaşçılar olur."
joth1006's review against another edition
4.0
Inte uppföljaren, utan andra bandet i boken Tu rosta mañana.
Väldigt krävande och tät text, långa meningar som spretar i anekdoter och resonemang. Var utmattande och tog mig väldig tid att läsa, men det var värt det. Texten är så insiktsfull och genomborrande, är så imponerad av Marías. Hans språkliga och psykologiska analyser är extremt träffsäkra, och därtill är han stilistisk som få.
Men jag har bekymmer som jag inte kan släppa, och det är med kvinnoporträtten. Marías har uppenbarlig haft en manlig läsare i åtanke när han skrev denna. Alla kvinnliga karaktärer värderas i deras sexuella attraktionskraft till huvudkaraktären, till sina ansvar för barnen (ett ansvar som aldrig delas av de manliga karaktärerna), eller deras undergivna relation till Män med Makt. Det känns väldigt tråkigt, hur kan en författare som i övrigt är så insiktsfull vara så vilsen i detta? Det blir ironiskt när en karaktär som enligt författaren är misogyn beskrivs med "- - - his chauvinistic side kept reappearing like a stigma, without his necessaritly intending it to" - exakt så känner jag inför Marías.
Ändå kan jag inte skriva av boken, för den är något annat. Huvudkaraktären Jack (eller Jaques eller Jacobo eller Jamie eller Iago) är en spion, men en spion av språket. Det är en spionroman på samma sätt som Paul Austers City of Glass är en deckare, fast denna är väldigt mycket mer välskriven och - tidlös. Drar av en stjärna pga ovan nämnda. Kommer läsa avslutande delen någon gång (när jag hämtat mig).
Väldigt krävande och tät text, långa meningar som spretar i anekdoter och resonemang. Var utmattande och tog mig väldig tid att läsa, men det var värt det. Texten är så insiktsfull och genomborrande, är så imponerad av Marías. Hans språkliga och psykologiska analyser är extremt träffsäkra, och därtill är han stilistisk som få.
Men jag har bekymmer som jag inte kan släppa, och det är med kvinnoporträtten. Marías har uppenbarlig haft en manlig läsare i åtanke när han skrev denna. Alla kvinnliga karaktärer värderas i deras sexuella attraktionskraft till huvudkaraktären, till sina ansvar för barnen (ett ansvar som aldrig delas av de manliga karaktärerna), eller deras undergivna relation till Män med Makt. Det känns väldigt tråkigt, hur kan en författare som i övrigt är så insiktsfull vara så vilsen i detta? Det blir ironiskt när en karaktär som enligt författaren är misogyn beskrivs med "- - - his chauvinistic side kept reappearing like a stigma, without his necessaritly intending it to" - exakt så känner jag inför Marías.
Ändå kan jag inte skriva av boken, för den är något annat. Huvudkaraktären Jack (eller Jaques eller Jacobo eller Jamie eller Iago) är en spion, men en spion av språket. Det är en spionroman på samma sätt som Paul Austers City of Glass är en deckare, fast denna är väldigt mycket mer välskriven och - tidlös. Drar av en stjärna pga ovan nämnda. Kommer läsa avslutande delen någon gång (när jag hämtat mig).
adt's review against another edition
4.0
Volume two of three complete. This challenging work requires greater to pay attention and have patience. Nevertheless, I found it intriguing and hard to put down.
thebobsphere's review
3.0
When I started to read the second part to Javier Maria’s Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, I never expected it to be so entwined with the first part, Fever and Spear. In fact the book starts exactly where it left off and more loose ends are being created.
At this point Jacques Deza is officially a spy for Bertrand Tupra and the two, go to a nightclub in order to to witness some people and check if there are shady under dealings. It leads to a night stuffed with debauchery, drugs, deceitfulness and other twists and turns which made Fever and Spear compulsive reading. Within this ordeal we also get more glimpses of events that happened in the past book and Deza reveals more about his past.
I did, however have mixed reactions to Dance and Dream, although it is not as meandering and contains more well rounded characters (trust me your view of ‘comic relief’ de la Garza will change) and there are some great action scenes, I have a feeling that Marias is the only author who can describe a head being dunked into a toilet so vivdly. I felt that the thrill contained in Fever and Spear was a bit missing. Plus basing a whole novel in a nightclub can get a bit tiresome.
Despite this the prose always mutates from humorous, sensual and gripping and is a fine instalment to this vast trilogy. The third part will be published sometime in Autumn and I am quite excited on how Marias will tie up this case.
At this point Jacques Deza is officially a spy for Bertrand Tupra and the two, go to a nightclub in order to to witness some people and check if there are shady under dealings. It leads to a night stuffed with debauchery, drugs, deceitfulness and other twists and turns which made Fever and Spear compulsive reading. Within this ordeal we also get more glimpses of events that happened in the past book and Deza reveals more about his past.
I did, however have mixed reactions to Dance and Dream, although it is not as meandering and contains more well rounded characters (trust me your view of ‘comic relief’ de la Garza will change) and there are some great action scenes, I have a feeling that Marias is the only author who can describe a head being dunked into a toilet so vivdly. I felt that the thrill contained in Fever and Spear was a bit missing. Plus basing a whole novel in a nightclub can get a bit tiresome.
Despite this the prose always mutates from humorous, sensual and gripping and is a fine instalment to this vast trilogy. The third part will be published sometime in Autumn and I am quite excited on how Marias will tie up this case.
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