viernes, 25 de marzo de 2011

Saud, el leopardo

Según la página oficial del libro (saudelleopardo.com), Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa, su autor, es el autor que más libros ha vendido en castellano. La vida de Vázquez-Figueroa daría para una novela en sí misma: infancia en el Sahara, trabajo de submarinista y monitor con Jacques Cousteau, carrera de periodismo, vuelta al mundo en barco,… Y ahora publica sus novelas en Bubok, con descarga gratuita.

El libro narra cómo Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud, primogénito de la casa de Saud, con apenas 30 hombres reconquistó Arabia Saudí a principios del siglo pasado. El libro comienza con un primer ataque a un convoy otomano en pleno desierto para describir después la toma de Riad, la noche del 15 de enero de 1902.

Mezclando ficción con realidad el autor nos narra el proceso de creación de un país, Arabia Saudí, y la expulsión del Imperio Otomano de la península arábiga. Si bien la novela no cubre todo el proceso. A través de personajes y sucesos reales y otros novelados, conocemos las costumbres de los nómadas y su duro modo de vida.

Una novela que nos acerca a los nómadas, que nos parecen muy lejanos, pero que no lo son tanto. Muy entretenida y fácil de leer.

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