12-26-2003, 12:45 AM
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| The Fencing Master
The Fencing Master by Arturio Perez-Reverte
Anyone read it? I just got it for Christmas, seems pretty good, just wondering what anyone thoguth about it.
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12-26-2003, 02:29 AM
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| This is an excellent book, you'll enjoy it a lot. It also has a little extra coolness for us fencers, who understand the lingo. Great mystery, it really pulls you in. I've been wanting to try a couple more of his other book like the Club Dumas and there's one other. Tell me what you think, but I definitely reccomend it. 
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12-26-2003, 01:02 PM
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| hey i just picked that up yesterday about 7 pages in and i love it
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12-26-2003, 09:55 PM
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| Let me add my endorsement. The book was absolutely delightful. The author must have some knowledge of fencing.
(Although some friends and I did try to re-enact the "secret" move he teaches and were a bit let down.)
As to the film, you can tell how much faith a film has in its fencing choreography by how far back it is willing to let the camera go. (A lot of choregraphic sins are masked by close-ups that do not reveal movement). The shots are well composed for a good look at his lessons. Crisp, clean moves all the way around.
Of course both film and novel have the same moral:
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12-28-2003, 12:27 AM
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| I just got this book as a birthday gift.Although I've only read about 20 or so pages, I love the way its written and I have a feeling that this will be one of my favorites!
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01-04-2004, 01:19 AM
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| Yeah the movie is ok/good, the spanish girl is really hot, worth watching just for her. | |
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01-04-2004, 03:43 PM
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| disco stu has had it with you....I loooooove the simpsons 
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01-04-2004, 09:51 PM
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| I have read several of his books. The Fencing Master, and Club Dumas were quite entertaining. Club Dumas was also made into a movie called the Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp. | |
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01-04-2004, 09:56 PM
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| how long is the book | |
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01-05-2004, 12:32 AM
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| The American hardcover translation is 245 pages of easy reading. The Spanish paperback (smaller size) is 356 pages long. | 
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01-05-2004, 01:58 AM
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| JEC, I've been looking for a copy in spanish... do they sell it on Amazon or anything?
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01-05-2004, 03:13 AM
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