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S'està carregant… L'Enigma del quatre (2004)de Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason
  
No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Princeton, Viernes Santo de 1999. A punto de graduarse, dos estudiantes de la prestigiosa universidad, se encuentran a un paso de resolver los misterios de la "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili", un libro escrito por un noble renacentista que ha tenido fascinados e intrigados a los académicos desde el momento de su publicación en 1499. Para uno de ellos, Tom Sullivan, su investigación constituye un vínculo con su pasado -su padre ya había investigado el libro antes de morir- y un obstáculo en su relación sentimental. El otro, Paul Harris, lo ha convertido en su obsesión, su razón para vivir. Cuando parece que la investigación se encalla de nuevo, aparece un diario que se creía perdido y que contiene una prueba definitiva. Horas más tarde, otro estudiante implicado en las pesquisas aparece asesinado y Paul y Tom se enfrentan con el hecho de que no son los únicos que andan detrás de tan inquietante misterio. Si Scott Fitzgerald, Umberto Eco y Dan Brown se hubieran juntado para escribir una novela, el resultado sería El enigma del cuatro. Un logro extraordinario e inteligente: hay que leerlo." Nelson DeMille  Natt90 | Jul 14, 2022 |  Very interesting and enjoyable. More literary than I expected; reminded me at times of Richard Powers (although these authors are not quite as erudite or skilled). (  ) MarkLacy | May 29, 2022 | Strong writing and mysterious plot. A friendship book. ( ) dtumbarello | May 19, 2022 | Tempo sprecato. Una mediocre esposizione storico/artistica sprecata. Inutile. (  ) louchobi | May 12, 2022 | Marketed as "this year's Da Vinci Code" this book is, well, ok. Thankfully it is different from any of Dan Brown's stuff (generic attractive-woman-specialist-ends-up-with-attractive-older-man-over-24-hours thing). The book does suffer in slightly slower pacing, and an occasionally unclear timeline, where you're not sure if stuff happened now, yesterday, or three months ago. On the whole is readable though. nordie | Apr 18, 2022 |
 As a thriller, The Rule of Four is not especially fast-paced, but the personalities and relationships are well-handled, as is the narrator's conflict between his desire for a normal relationship with his girlfriend and the sense that he is being dragged into dangerous obsession. This is good entertainment, a Da Vinci Code for people with brains.  This promises well for the future of the authors, either together or separately. Next time, their ambition may vault lower and their presentation smoother, but meanwhile The Rule of Four is a great read on its own youthfully brash terms. The title, by the way, refers not (or not only) to the roommates or to their college years but again to the encryption in the Hypnerotomachia. It is never fully explained. Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsZwarte Beertjes (3501) Inspirat enTé una guia de referència/complement
Two Princeton University seniors are struggling to solve the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a cryptic text that has baffled scholars for 500 years. When a long-lost clue surfaces, they have a chance to decipher the final secret. But when a fellow scholar of the text is murdered for knowing too much, they realize that they know even more. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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