Um livro que nos relata uma história sensacional e que apesar de ser um romance, mais parece uma história real, pois tem história, intrigas, arqueologia, enfim, mais um romance duma simplicidade de palavras, mas que ao mesmo tempo nos consegue envolver numa teia enorme de personagens, temporalmente deslocadas, mas sempre muito bem interligadas que nos levam a viajar na história e no mundo sem nós nos apercebermos, com uma facilidade enorme, mas sempre a aprender, pois afinal a escritora também nos vai ensinando factos históricos nos seus romances. In the beginning of this book I had a hard time telling apart the characters and, consequently, seperating the story lines.When the story continued however and the characters appeared more AND more of their back ground was revealed, the story grabbed me and did not let go.It was a good story, in which war, archeology, greed, hatred, revenge unconditional love, betrayal and trust all had their roles. At first I could not imagine why a bunch of very old people would hire a hitman to kill another very old man and his (innocent) granddaughter. When I read on, the reasons got clearer and clearer. I must admit, that those parts of the book were very disturbing to read. Not that I close my eyes for the things that happened in WWII, but to read it like this (and have my own private in-head movie add images and sounds to it) was a different thing.What struck me was, that the author was not (as far as I could tell) condemning or judging the characters she used. They all had very good reasons for doing the things they did, be it unlawfull reasons. For me that made the book even more pleasant to read. Recommended for people who like historical novels.
What do You think about A Bíblia De Barro (2005)?
Well written, but would have been tightened up. It was a bit dragged out...
—Kimkayla10
Great read! Wish that her next novel was translated into English.
—lesliemundo
