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The Whispering City
By Sara Moliner
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Barcelona, 1952: General Franco's fascist government is at the height of its oppressive powers, casting a black shadow across the city. When wealthy socialite Mariona Sobrerroca is found dead in her mansion in the exclusive Tibidabo district, the police scramble to seize control of the investigation.Ana Martí Noguer, an eager young journalist, is surprised to be assigned this important story, shadowing Inspector Isidro Castro. But Ana soon realizes that a bundle of strange letters unearthed at the scene point to a sequence of events dramatically different from the official version. She enlists the help of her cousin Beatriz, a scholar, and what begins as an intriguing puzzle opens up a series of revelations that implicate the regime's most influential figures. The two women have placed themselves in mortal danger. As the conspiracy unfolds, Ana's courage and Beatriz's wits will be their only weapons against the city's corrupt and murderous elite.
Author
Sara Moliner
Sara Moliner is the pseudonym for the writing duo Rosa Ribas and Sabine Hofmann. Rosa Ribas was born in Barcelona and now teaches at Frankfurt University. She is the celebrated author of six previous novels published in Spain. Sabine Hofmann is a former lecturer in philology at Frankfurt University. The Whispering City is their first novel together.
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Reviews for The Whispering City
Rating: 3.7499999466666667 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Interesting take on a linguistic mystery of sorts. End was a bit muddled with an overdose of corrupt officials in high places.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Whispering City by Sara Moliner, translated by Mara Faye Lethem While many elements of the book follow a familiar pattern, it's still a great read. We have the reporter who thinks the cops are doing a rotten job of investigating the murder she's been sent to report on and gets herself in over her head and so on. There was something nice about the familiarity of the plot structure because that was where my familiarity with it ended. The book is set in Barcelona in 1952, so the culture and the government and the markers of the time were all fairly foreign and made this familiar plot structure far more fun than it has been in a long time. Plus, the way it ended was not what I expected. It's not the way it would have ended if it had been written for US audiences, I'll tell you that much without spoiling it.
This is part of what's fun about reading women in translation, what may seem familiar is taken to new places.
The narrator, Roxanne Hernandez, was amazing, doing a great job of pronouncing all the Spanish names while falling back out of the accent that requires in the very next word and just carrying on. I can get by on some Spanish and even do a decent accent sometimes, but I can't transition that quickly and it didn't seem cut together. So it's the narrator or the editor, but I'm going to give credit to the narrator until informed otherwise.
The only hitch in my translation was the inclusion of the word "monger" when talking about gossips. It wasn't misused, but it struck me as out of place due to that we don't use it much in the US.
I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical fiction! - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A complex mystery novel set in 1950s Spain. In the midst of the totalitarian regime of Franco, a young female reporter finds herself embroiled in the murder of a widow from the highest echelons of society. With multiple characters who provide their point of view, this is an intricately woven mystery with plenty of threads to follow. Intriguing for its setting and the unique perils of Spain at the time, this will appeal to mystery readers who don't mind some political intrigue thrown in.
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