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The Casual Vacancy Tapa blanda – 23 julio 2013

Edición en Inglés de J. K. Rowling (Autor)
3,8 3,8 de 5 estrellas 19.987 valoraciones
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A long-anticipated first adult novel by the award-winning author of the Harry Potter series follows the early death of a small town councilman whose demise reveals deep-rooted conflicts in his seemingly idyllic community, which rapidly deteriorates in the face of cultural disputes, generation clashes and a volatile election. (This book was previously listed in Forecast.)
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  1. Longitud de impresión
    503 páginas
  2. Idioma
    Inglés
  3. Editorial
    BACK BAY BOOKS
  4. Fecha de publicación
    23 julio 2013
  5. Dimensiones
    13.97 x 3.18 x 20.96 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0316228583
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0316228589
  8. Medida Lexile
    960L
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"The Casual Vacancy is a complete joy to read....a stunning, brilliant, outrageously gripping and entertaining evocation of British society today."--The Mirror (UK)

"A positively propulsive read."--Wall Street Journal

"A study of provincial life, with a large cast and multiple, interlocking plots, drawing inspiration from Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot...The Casual Vacancy immerses the reader in a richly peopled, densely imagined world...intelligent, workmanlike, and often funny."--The Guardian (UK)

"A vivid read with great, memorable characters and a truly emotional payoff....Rowling captures the humanity in everyone."--People

"I had come under the spell of a great novel....A big, ambitious, brilliant, profane, funny, deeply upsetting and magnificently eloquent novel of contemporary England, rich with literary intelligence....This is a deeply moving book by somebody who understands both human beings and novels very, very deeply."--Lev Grossman, Time

"Often entertaining....Rowling does a nice job laying out her 20-plus characters' endless pretensions and weaknesses, which she punctures with gleeful flicks of a surprisingly sharp comic blade."--Entertainment Weekly

"This book represents a truckload of shrewdness....There were sentences I underlined for the sheer purpose of figuring out how English words could be combined so delightfully....genuinely moving."--Washington Post

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Biografía del autor

J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, have been translated into 73 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films.

As well as an Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a commencement speaker at Harvard University. She supports a wide range of causes and is the founder of Lumos, which works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children.

Detalles del producto

  • Editorial ‏ : ‎ BACK BAY BOOKS (23 julio 2013)
  • Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
  • Tapa blanda ‏ : ‎ 503 páginas
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316228583
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316228589
  • Peso del producto ‏ : ‎ 454 g
  • Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 3.18 x 20.96 cm
  • Opiniones de los clientes:
    3,8 3,8 de 5 estrellas 19.987 valoraciones

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J.K. Rowling es autora de los siete libros de la famosa saga de Harry Potter. Amada por lectores

de todo el mundo, la serie ha vendido más de 500 millones de ejemplares, se ha traducido a

ochenta idiomas y ha inspirado ocho películas de enorme éxito de taquilla.

Ha escrito asimismo tres volúmenes complementarios con fines benéficos: Quidditch a través

de los tiempos, Animales fantásticos y dónde encontrarlos (en beneficio de Comic Relief y

Lumos), y Los cuentos de Beedle el Bardo (en beneficio de Lumos), así como el guión inspirado

en Animales fantásticos y dónde encontrarlos, la primera de una serie de cinco películas que

escribirá la autora. También colaboró en una obra, Harry Potter y el legado maldito, Partes Uno

y Dos, que se estrenó en el West End de Londres en el verano de 2016.

En 2012 creó la plataforma digital Pottermore, donde sus fans pueden disfrutar de noticias,

reportajes y artículos, así como de contenido original escrito por J.K. Rowling. Asimismo, ha

escrito la novela para adultos Una vacante imprevista, y, con el seudónimo Robert Galbraith, la

serie de novelas policíacas protagonizadas por Cormoran Strike.

Ha sido galardonada con numerosos premios, entre ellos la Orden del Imperio Británico por su

contribución a la literatura infantil y la Orden de los Compañeros de Honor, la Orden de la

Legión de Honor de Francia y el Premio Hans Christian Andersen.

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Leticia
5,0 de 5 estrellas Llegó muy rápido, pese a que tiene muchas páginas es muy compacto
Revisado en España el 26 de junio de 2018
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Llegó muy rápido, pese a que tiene muchas páginas es muy compacto, lo que se agradece ya que lo quería de bolsillo. El libro es genial, me encanta el vocabulario, sobre todo el rango de léxico que usa JK Rowling, merece la pena cogerse la V.O.!
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FConde
4,0 de 5 estrellas Engaging, thrilling and... disturbing.
Revisado en España el 22 de octubre de 2012
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"The Casual Vacancy" is without doubt a book that did not leave me indifferent. Engaging to the point of reading it in any spare moment I had, and sacrificing hours of sleep, it's also very thrilling (which is part of the secret for being so engaging). The characters and setting are extremely real, so real that they are gritty.

The book portrays a small suburban town in which the apparently idyllic lives of its inhabitants hide layer over layer of unhappiness, contempt, envy and resentment that will surface and come to a climax by an apparently innocuous event: The sudden death of one of their citizens, a person nobody was indifferent to and that left a mark in everybody else, if only by comparison.

I just couldn't leave the book without knowing what would happen to its very varied and full of life characters, which the author ends up dissecting to find the darkest corners that lurk in every one of us. In the end, when I finally finished it, I was thinking how strange it is that a book that left such a disturbing sensation inside me can also be something I cannot but recommend to anybody.
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CarmeRoyo
3,0 de 5 estrellas Surprised
Revisado en España el 27 de diciembre de 2013
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I felt quite surprised with this book. I imagined J K Rowling would want to get distant from Harry Potter. I did not expect another Harry Potter book. However, the crude, sad and dramatic scenario that The Casual Vacancy describes has shocked me and taken me by surprise.
I feel sad saying that I cannot see myself reading this book ever again. Sorry.
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M Elena Gonzalez Montalvo
5,0 de 5 estrellas Engancha
Revisado en España el 7 de abril de 2013
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Poco a poco desvelando las historias personales, los sentimientos y pensamientos íntimos y el carácter de los personajes que van construyendo la historia. A la vez que los hechos los cambian o los matizan, ellos se nos descubren.
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irene mckeever
2,0 de 5 estrellas Book is in English so why not opinions in English.
Revisado en España el 16 de febrero de 2018
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Pointless trying to review this as you don’t accept a review in English of a book that’s written in English
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Paola
1,0 de 5 estrellas Dull
Revisado en España el 22 de abril de 2021
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I love JK Rowling, the way she writes is fantastic and everything, BUT this book is taking me forever to read since its way too repetitive, too descriptive and that gets to be way too dull.

Her Cormoran Strike books are FANTASTIC though. Maybe the main subject of this book wasn't that interesting to write about, idk.
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Sunny Spot
4,0 de 5 estrellas Read this novel with an open mind.
Revisado en España el 7 de febrero de 2017
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One must read this novel with an open mind and without expectations, if one is to enjoy this novel. Casual Vacancy is a complete different reading experience from J.K. Rowling's previous works. It is a good choral novel with any characters in a tiny town, each with their secrets and motivations. It took me some time to figure out what the purpose of it all was. I found the beginning/introduction of characters a bit too long and it struck me as dull until I reached a certain point when it started to make sense. And then I loved it.
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Cliente Amazon
5,0 de 5 estrellas Good buy
Revisado en España el 11 de mayo de 2016
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Book arrived quick, has a hard cover (which I did not expect) and is in great state. I would buy here again!
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MK
5,0 de 5 estrellas so many tiny facets seen through different people‘s eyes
Revisado en Alemania el 29 de abril de 2024
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The story is one thing, but to see how almost everybody struggled was enlightening, the same as every character has their own view to interpret the same observations so differently.
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Aditya KVLNS
5,0 de 5 estrellas Great. Must Read
Revisado en India el 21 de junio de 2020
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The first 100 pages or so are a bit slow but once we get to know who's who then the novel picks up the pace and never slows down.

Town's description and politics may feel a little bit alien to us but after some time you will be deeply immersed and invested in characters it doesn't even matter. We feel like we know everyone in Pagford. Thats great writing.

Everything builds upto the climax which explodes(in a good way). As JK said "A big novel about a small town."
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Barone Scarpia
1,0 de 5 estrellas Farragoso.
Revisado en México el 31 de agosto de 2018
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Habiendo leído hace años "Harry Potter" creí que el primer título 'maduro' de J.K. Rowling iba a tener la misma sustancia y personajes inolvidables. Me equivoqué de manera terrible. Normalmente tengo mucha paciencia a los libros (cosa aprendida al leer a Umberto Eco) pero en este volumen no pasa nada ni a las cien páginas ni a las trescientas, lo único interesante es la muerte que desata la historia y uno o dos arcos argumentales dentro de la misma. Lo demás es paja y una avalancha de personajes y situaciones totalmente prescindibles y olvidables.
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Rikki grinberg
5,0 de 5 estrellas the name put me off but the book is brilliant
Revisado en Australia el 13 de marzo de 2024
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What scrutiny J K Rowling gives to the ordinary and extraordinary lives in this book. With waspish observations, laugh out loud and cry out loud moments. Very real - we all know these people, and we have all been guilty of their crimes and their prejudices. Brilliant
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Zangiku
5,0 de 5 estrellas Superlative
Revisado en Japón el 10 de noviembre de 2023
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This is a very engrossing, beautifully written novel with enormously interesting characters and a complex & winding plot most cleverly structured. A bit of a social commentary a la Austen for modern times. Highly recommended.
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