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El Ladrón de Arte: Una Historia Real de Obsesión Y Crímenes Por Amor a la Bellez a / The Art Thief, a True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous

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  • El extraño e increíble caso Breitwieser, la historia de una obsesión por el arte y una insaciable avidez por poseer la belleza a toda costa.
  • About the Author: Michael Finkel (1969) es autor de El extraño del bosque (Libros del Lince, 2017), un bestseller internacional, y True Story, que fue adaptada en 2015 a una gran película protagonizada por James Franco y Jonah Hill.
  • 264 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Criminals & Outlaws

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"In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser's strange world -- unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years -- in museums and cathedrals all over Europe -- Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser's strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heart's content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to circumvent practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtaking number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addict's need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriend's pleas to stop -- until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down."--Provided by publisher.



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El extraño e increíble caso Breitwieser, la historia de una obsesión por el arte y una insaciable avidez por poseer la belleza a toda costa.

«Impresionante. Tan absorbente como una novela de Highsmith solo que, por supuesto, hay que recordar constantemente que todo es verdad. Me ha encantado». -Maggie O'Farrell, autora de Hamnet

Ha habido muchos ladrones de arte a lo largo de la historia, pero ninguno como Stéphane Breitwieser. Él nunca robó por dinero, sino que sustraía solo aquellas piezas cuya belleza lo embelesaba, y exponía esos tesoros en un par de habitaciones secretas de su casa, donde podía admirarlos a su antojo. Nuestro ladrón tenía, además de una gran sensibilidad artística, una habilidad innata para burlar casi cualquier sistema de seguridad, y consiguió perpetrar un número asombroso de robos a plena luz del día, sin armas ni amenazas, mientras su novia distraía a los guardias de seguridad. Pero ese talento iba unido a un creciente desprecio por el riesgo y una necesidad adictiva de fijarse nuevos retos, ignorando las súplicas de su novia para que dejara de hacerlo, hasta que un último acto de arrogancia acabó con todo.

A lo largo de casi ocho años, Breitwieser recorrió museos y catedrales de toda Europa, donde robó más de trescientos objetos --entre ellos cuadros de Pieter Brueghel el Joven, Antoine Watteau o François Boucher-- y llegó a acumular más de 1.400 millones de dólares en piezas de coleccionismo de primer nivel. En El ladrón de arte, un auténtico rompecabezas con giros que resultan casi increíbles, Michael Finkel explora con brillantez la emoción de los golpes que llevó a Breitwieser a seguir adelante y narra de manera genial la historia de este ávido coleccionista para quien los museos no eran más que prisiones donde el arte se encontraba recluido.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2023: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub

"Enthralling." --The Wall Street Journal

In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser's strange world--unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them.

For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years--in museums and cathedrals all over Europe--Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.

In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser's strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heart's content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to circumvent practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtaking number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addict's need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriend's pleas to stop--until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down.

This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.



About the Author



Michael Finkel (1969) es autor de El extraño del bosque (Libros del Lince, 2017), un bestseller internacional, y True Story, que fue adaptada en 2015 a una gran película protagonizada por James Franco y Jonah Hill. Ha realizado reportajes en más de 50 países y escrito para National Geographic, GQ, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic y The New York Times Magazine. Su obra ha aparecido también en diversas antologías.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.4 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Criminals & Outlaws
Publisher: Taurus
Format: Paperback
Author: Michael Finkel
Language: Spanish
Street Date: July 16, 2024
TCIN: 91229362
UPC: 9788430626489
Item Number (DPCI): 247-52-0575
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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