""Un extraño desafío entre dos músicos, que lleva a uno de ellos a Buenos Aires en 1928; un asunto de espionaje en la Riviera francesa durante la Guerra Civil española; una inquietante partida de ajedrez en el Sorrento de los años sesenta..." --P. [4] of cover."
"Max jest tancerzem, bawidamkiem i oszustem. Mecha - żoną sławnego i bogatego kompozytora. Spotkają się tylko trzy razy - zawsze w innym miejscu, zawsze w innych okolicznościach: w roku 1928 podczas rejsu do Buenos Aires, w 1937 na Lazurowym Wybrzeżu i w 1966 nieopodal Neapolu. Każde z tych spotkań to odsłona ich burzliwego namiętnego związku, szpiegowskiej afery politycznej i międzynarodowych rozgrywek w szachy."
"IN ENGLISH : In his most recent novel, Arturo Perez-Reverte journeys into uncharted territories to write a sweeping story of obscure and passionate love. El tango de la Guardia Vieja follows the love story of Max, a charming hustler, accomplished ballroom dancer and elegant thief, and Mecha, a beautiful and intelligent high-society matron. In the three powerful encounters that occur during four decades in the 20th century, the author depicts a affair that evolves from the passionate bursts of youth to the melancholy of reminiscence, and the beginning of old age. The novel is also a broad and carefully documented fresco of a fading continent the Europe of the 1920's, 1930's and 1960's. The plot includes a dangerous incident in the slums of Buenos Aires; an intelligence conspiracy in inter-war period Nice with allusions to the Spanish Civil War; and a disquieting game of chess in Sorrento, played over the checkered squares of the Cold War. Love, passion, and lust come together."
"EN ESPA?OL : El tango de la Guardia Vieja, sigue la relaci?n amorosa entre un hombre y una mujer en tres ?nicos pero intensos encuentros a lo largo de 40 a?os del siglo XX. Los protagonistas son Max, un vividor, bailar?n de sal?n y ladr?n de guante blanco, y Mecha, una hermosa e inteligente mujer casada de la alta sociedad. El autor describe c?mo evoluciona el amor con el tiempo: de los embates de la pasi?n de juventud a la melancol?a del recuerdo en la entrada de la vejez. La novela es tambi?n un amplio y documentad?simo fresco de la historia de una Europa desvanecida, la de los a?os veinte, treinta y sesenta. La trama incluye una peligrosa peripecia en los barrios bajos de Buenos Aires, un complot de espionaje en la Niza de entreguerras, con referencias a la Guerra Civil espa?ola, y una intriga en torno a un torneo internacional de ajedrez en Sorrento sobre las casillas de la guerra fr?a. Junto al amor y los sentimientos, unas p?ginas de sorprendente erotismo con una fuerte carga sexual. Y tambi?n grandes dosis perezrevertianas de aventura."
"Descripción del editor: Una pareja de jóvenes apuestos, acuciados por pasiones urgentes como la vida, se mira a los ojos al bailar un tango aún no escrito, en el salón silencioso y desierto de un transatlántico que navega en la noche. Trazando sin saberlo, al moverse abrazados, la rúbrica de un mundo irreal cuyas luces fatigadas empiezan a apagarse para siempre. Un extraño desafío entre dos músicos, que lleva a uno de ellos a Buenos Aires en 1928; un asunto de espionaje en la Riviera francesa durante la Guerra Civil española; una inquietante partida de ajedrez en el Sorrento de los años sesenta... El tango de la Guardia Vieja narra con pulso admirable una turbia y apasionada historia de amor, traiciones e intrigas, que se prolonga durante cuatro décadas a través de un siglo convulso y fascinante, entre la luz crepuscular de una época que se extingue."@es
"Max and Mercedes first meet in 1928, when she is the wife of a noted composer and he is a professional dance partner on the ship taking her to Buenos Aires, and their romance does not end although life takes them in different directions."
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