Name: Autobiografia
SKU: 52442582
Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Author: Agatha Christie
ISBN: 9789584285140

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Physical Book

Author

Agatha Christie

Publisher

Espasa

Synopsis "Autobiografia"

Agatha Christe es la autora más vendida de todos los tiempos, superada únicamente por la Biblia y Shakespeare. Creadora de dos personajes convertidos ya en iconos literarios, Hércules Poirot y Miss Marple, muchos de sus lectores y críticos afirman, sin embargo, que su obra maestra es su sincera y apasionante Autobiografía. Esta obra relata la complejidad de su vida, sus amores de juventud, sus dos matrimonios -el primero, con el coronel Christie bajo el impacto de la Primera Guerra Mundial; el segundo, con el arqueólogo Max Mallowan- y los contratiempos a los que se enfrentó en los inicios de su carrera, así como las satisfacciones y los sinsabores que la profesión le deparó.

Agatha Christie

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Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller (Torquay, September 15, 1890-Wallingford, January 12, 1976), known as Agatha Christie, was a British writer and playwright specialized in the detective genre, for which she gained international recognition. Throughout her career, she published 66 detective novels, 6 romance novels, and 14 short stories —under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott—, in addition to venturing as a playwright in works such as The Mousetrap or Witness for the Prosecution.

Born into an upper-middle-class family, she received a private education until her adolescence and studied at various institutes in Paris. While working as a nurse during World War I, she wrote her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), where she first introduced the character of detective Hercule Poirot. Other creations were Miss Marple and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.

In 1914, she married Archibald Christie, from whom she divorced in 1928. In 1926, affected by a supposed depression, she mysteriously disappeared after her car was found abandoned on the side of the road. She was found eleven days later with a possible case of amnesia, in a hotel where she registered under the name of her husband's lover. In 1930, she married archaeologist Max Mallowan, whom she accompanied for long periods on his trips to Iraq and Syria. Her stays inspired several of her later novels such as Murder in Mesopotamia (1936), Death on the Nile (1936), and Appointment with Death (1938), many of which were adapted into theater and film with high acceptance. In 1971, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. She died of natural causes in 1976.

With between two and four billion copies of her works sold, Christie is considered the best-selling novelist of all time, and, along with William Shakespeare, the first or second author to do so (albeit with twice as many works). According to the Index Translationum, she is the most translated individual author, with editions in at least 103 languages. In 2013, her work The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was chosen as the best crime novel of all time by 600 members of the Crime Writers' Association.

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Macarena Rodriguez Tuesday, December 14, 2021
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Al ir leyendo uno tiene la sensacion de tener a Agatha Christie sentada en sillon al lado. La autobiografía no tiene una secuencia cronológica (como las biografías), sino que va saltando de un tema a otro, en la medida que una cosa le recuerda a otra. Por eso la sensación de tenerla sentada al lado conversando. A quienes les guste Agatha Christie van a disfrutar con sus recuerdos. Yo estoy disfrutando la lectura, sin apuros.
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Eduardo Lopez Uribe Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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El libro excelente, solo que si se pasó dos días de la fecha prometida, pongan mas atención en eso.
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Ina Vergara Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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Muy buen libro y además llegó en la fecha prevista y en excelente estado.
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Luis Zapata Monday, July 20, 2020
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Excelente libro e indispensable para todo fan de la Reina del Misterio.
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William Carvajal Thursday, October 08, 2020
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excelente....
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Sergio Hernán Latini Friday, December 04, 2020
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Excelente!
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Claudia Paola Díaz Araneda Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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Un vida sin duda singular que me sorprendió. Muy recomendable.
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Osiel Pérez Santana Sunday, August 29, 2021
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Excelente calidad en el formato y encuadernación de libro. De acuerdo a muchos críticos, este es el mejor libro escrito jamás por Agatha Christie y se nota. Lectura amena y tan adictiva como sus novelas de misterio. Buscalibre cumple con entrega antes de tiempo señalado y producto protegido de daños.
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Roberto Venegas Thursday, April 13, 2023
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Las páginas del libro son de un papel de baja calidad, se agradece la conpra porque esa edición no la he encontrado en el país.
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Camila Hernández Echeverri Friday, June 16, 2023
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Si te gusta la obra de Agatha es bueno leer su autobiografía. Tienes la oportunidad de conocer detalles de su vida y anécdotas. No tiene una secuencia cronológica pero sigue siendo entretenido.
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