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In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, best selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history s most enigmatic women Mata Hari HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMANWhen Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences as a courtesan, she bewitched the era s richest and most powerful men But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Hari s lifestyle brought her under suspicion In 1917, she was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees, and accused of espionage.Told in Mata Hari s voice through her final letter, The Spy is the unforgettable story of a woman who dared to defy convention and who paid the ultimate price. Download The Spy – kino-fada.fr Mata Hari really deserves better than she has been getting in the literary department First there was Mata Hari s Last Dance by Michelle Moran that made her inexplicably obtuse and naive considering her accomplishments Now Paulo Coelho gives us The Spy which seems to be nothingthan a contrivance for some New Age aphorisms He sees her as someone who was an emancipated woman, that freedom was her crime, but ignores the reality that made her free.The real Mata Hari isinteresting M Mata Hari really deserves better than she has been getting in the literary department First there was Mata Hari s Last Dance by Michelle Moran that made her inexplicably obtuse and naive considering her accomplishments Now Paulo Coelho gives us The Spy which seems to be nothingthan a contrivance for some New Age aphorisms He sees her as someone who was an emancipated woman, that freedom was her crime, but ignores the reality that made her free.The real Mata Hari isinteresting Margaretha Zelle MacLeod was a brave woman who fled sexual abuse and rape by a school headmaster by marrying a man she met by answering an ad She moved with her husband to Indonesia and discovered ...I am a woman who was born at the wrong time and nothing can be done to fix this I don t know if the future will remember me, but if it does, may it never see me as a victim, but as someone who moved forward with courage, fearlessly paying the price she had to pay I picked this one up randomly at the library at the very last second, after spending over half an hour looking for the perfect read And I m pleased to say that Paulo Coelho impressed me and then some The Spy has brilliant startingI am a woman who was born at the wrong time and nothing can be done to fix this I don t know if the future will remember me, but if it does, may it never see me as a victim, but as someone who moved forward with courage, fearlessly paying the price she had to pay I picked this one up randomly at the library at the very last second, after spending over half an hour looking for the perfect read And I m pleased to say that Paulo Coelho impressed me and then some The Spy has brilliant starting point with the first chapter starting on Mata Hari s execution by firing squad I was nearly impossible to put it down after it set just the right tone for the rest of tale.When Mata Hari born Margaretha Zelle arrived in Paris she was penniless Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city.As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences as a courtesan, she bewitched the era s richest and most powerful men.But as paranoia consumed ...11 10 _ The Spy is the story of Mata Hari, told first in her voice and then from the point of view of one of her male admirers.Paulo Coelho isn t at his best in this novel.He prefers and excels at metaphorical stories For example, in this tale, Coelho has Mata Hari comparing herself to the nightingale that impaled itself on a thorn to grow a bright red rose for a young man in love.I get what he was reaching for but I think this tale would have been told better through details rather than metaphors.Als The Spy is the story of Mata Hari, told first in her voice and then from the point of view of one of her male admirers.Paulo Coelho isn t at his best in this novel.He prefers and excels at metaphorical stories For example, in this tale, Coelho has Mata Hari comparing herself to the nightingale that impaled itself on a thorn to grow a bright red rose for a young man in love.I get what he was reaching for but I think this tale would have been told better through details rather than metaphors.Also, it s so short The audiobook was only a couple hours long.It wasn t nearly long enough to do Mata Hari s life justice.I first learned about the fascinating life of Mata Hari in Inspired True Stories Behind Famous Art, Literature, Music, and Film by...Uno de mis libros favoritos de todos los tiempos es de Paulo Coelho, El Zahir Por lo regular disfruto mucho de sus libros aunque no son de mis g neros favoritos y este libro sonaba muy interesante Estaba impaciente por leerlo y..no pude quedar m s desilusionada el libro es aburrido a m s no poder el que debi ser un personaje interesante es retratado aqu como una mujer interesada, superficial, mentirosa y...Mata Hariwas she a spy or wasn t she Did she serve as a double agent for Germany and France throughout World War I or did a malicious allegation with zero evidence destroy her life In this re imagining based on nonfiction accounts, author Paulo Coelho says no Her only crime was her choice to be an independent woman, exposing the world to feminism for the very first time, and for that she lost her life by firing squad As Mata Hari waited for execution, one of her last requests was for a pe Mata Hariwas she a spy or wasn t she Did she serve as a double agent for Germany and France throughout World War I or did a malicious allegation with zero evidence destroy her life In this re imagining based on nonfiction accounts, author Paulo Coelho says no Her only crime was her choice to be an independent woman, exposing the world to feminism for the very first time, and for that she lost her life by firing squad As Mata Hari waited for execution, one of her last requests was for a pen and paper to write letters Over the past two decades, Germany, Holland, and the U.K s MI5 released their files on Mata Hari which provided tons of insight and information into .... This book reminds me that I shouldn t read historical fiction novels that are based on specific people, rather than a general time period I m too critical, and no doubt I expect too much from authors who are brave enough to take on the daunting task of getting inside another person s mind.I m of the belief that if you dare to feel that you have the insight into someone else s inner workings and what makes them tick, you better make damn sure that your instinct of human nature is sharp and on po This book reminds me that I shouldn t read historical fiction novels that are based on specific people, rather than a general time period I m too critical, and no doubt I expect t...Ich wei jetzt schon, dass dieses Buch ein Jahreshighlight 2018 wird

The Spy
  • English
  • 17 March 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 208 pages
  • 1524732060
  • Paulo Coelho
  • The Spy