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No es fácil ir haciendo amigos en una universidad de Nueva Inglaterra si eres un chico modesto y falto de afecto que llega de California, y Richard Papen lo sabe; por eso agradece que lo admitan en un pequeño grupo de cinco estudiantes capitaneados por un profesor de literatura clásica con mucho carisma y pocos escrúpulos. Los chicos sueltan comentarios en griego y se ríen de la ingenuidad y la torpeza de los demás, pero bien mirado se pasan el día bebiendo y engullendo pastillas, hasta que un mal día las que parecían chiquilladas se convierten en palabras mayores. Solo entonces Richard y su pandilla descubren qué difícil es vivir sin máscaras y qué fácil es matar sin remordimientos. En El secreto, la primera novela de Donna Tartt, se unen la tensión de la novela psicológica, el ritmo de un thriller y la crónica de una juventud que pide demasiado a la vida sin saber bien qué entregar a cambio. El resultado es una obra que se cuenta entre las mejores del siglo XX.
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Fiction, College students, Teacher-student relationships, Classicists, Murder, Murderers, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, psychological, College teachers, fiction, Vermont, fiction, American literature, Richard Papen (Fictitious character), College stories, Psychological fiction, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2013-12-01, New York Times bestseller, Estudiantes universitarios, Novela, Asesinato, General, Spanish language materials, Materiales en español, Étudiants, Romans, nouvelles, Spécialistes de lettres classiques, Meurtriers, Roman policier, Relations maitres-eleves, Meurtre, EtudiantsPeople
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El secreto
2014, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A. de C.V.
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The secret history
2004, Vintage Books, Vintage Contemporaries
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Le Maître des illusions
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El Secreto
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Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal, and at last - inexorably - into evil.
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The opening line.
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A characterization of Richard, Julian, and Henry.
A reflection by Richard on Bunny's murder.
Georges Laforgue on Julian Morrow.
Francis, talking with Richard and Camilla, in the epilogue.
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