Avignon, S. XIV, while a crime wave plaguing most important members of the Catholic Church, an old Cistercian monk tries to silence his conscience to the torture he is forced to commit to protect his superiors. Only his deep faith will allow you to stay within the line that separates it from madness.
The first pages of this book and warn us in his preface to what we see in him, the words of Darius Vilas is concise: " Gervasio is one of those authors who can afford the luxury of not having anything , to catch a story without substance, pointless, and transferírnosla a way so beautiful that we do not care .... " and before this I have to say I could not agree more. The story of this novel is almost secondary, a mere stage on which actors swarm making their mark and that is so, the actors and the emotional charge off is the very basis of this work. They and not other items that provide strength and invite you to enjoy reading. The back story is like a canvas on which they are giving raw strokes of the reality that once was. In an astonishing way, the reader just does manage to perceiving the argument (that is, no doubt), then the dramatic inside story of the characters, their thoughts and time in which events unfold is so strong overflowing and overprints the rest.
Gervasio López in this novel shows his talent for bring out the worst of the human soul and transform it into a prose so heartbreaking that oppresses the breast and stir the gut. Excerpts from Avignon Crimes that force you to look away, to wish he had read what you possibly leave the dregs of future nightmares, this is where Gervais proves to be a master in the creation of literary images , yes, very close to the gore. It is this fact that determines how accurate the decision of the editors to choose the work as his debut in the collection of novels by English Horror emblem under the seal of the Cultural Association Double Hache.
addition to the above, include a point in favor of the novel and the character is printed on your characters back from being subjective, but quite the opposite. None of the protagonists is favored by the writer and Gervasio are offered as-is, with its own momentum, with their reflections and thoughts are not polluted by the author. In this game of warring personalities, we love to hate the protagonist and the antagonist, but also contrary to them and their actions and their respective doctrines that both moves. Gervasio brings to the table all the cards face up so that the reader draw his own conclusions, not about the plot, but on those years of history in which the Inquisition was the word and law. In conclusion we can say that is a fast reader, its 122 pages weigh not, except in the soul. The images created tremendous Gervasio certainly can hurt the sensibility of the reader, making reading to finish involving a double relief: to have enjoyed a good time and to end the suffering and cruelty that exude its pages.
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