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El maestro Juan Martínez que estaba allí (Spanish Edition)
by Manuel Chaves Nogales

Published: 2007-02-01
Paperback : 320 pages
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After a successful tour of the Central European cabarets, flamenco dancer Juan Martínez and his partner Sole were caught by surprise in Russia by the revolutionary events of February of 1917. Unable to leave the country, in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev they suffered the fall-out of ...
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After a successful tour of the Central European cabarets, flamenco dancer Juan Martínez and his partner Sole were caught by surprise in Russia by the revolutionary events of February of 1917. Unable to leave the country, in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev they suffered the fall-out of the October Revolution and the bloody civil war that followed. The great Spanish journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales met Martínez in Paris and, shocked by the stories he shared, decided to compile them. The result is this book which narrates the changes the protagonists were faced with and how they figured out a way to survive. Its pages include traveling artists, prodigal Russian dukes, German spies, Chekist assassins, and speculators of a different ilk.

 

Después de triunfar en los cabarets de media Europa, el bailarín flamenco Juan Martínez, y su compañera, Sole, fueron sorprendidos en Rusia por los acontecimientos revolucionarios de febrero de 1917.  Sin poder salir del país, en San Petersburgo, Moscú y Kiev sufrieron los rigores provocados por la Revolución de Octubre y la sangrienta guerra civil que le siguió. El gran periodista sevillano Manuel Chaves Nogales conoció a Martínez en París y asombrado por las peripecias que éste le contó, decidió recogerlas en un libro. El resultado es esta obra que relata las vicisitudes a las que se vieron sometidos sus protagonistas y cómo se las ingeniaron para sobrevivir. Por sus páginas desfilan artistas de la farándula, pródigos duques rusos, espías alemanes, asesinos chequistas y especuladores de distinta calaña.

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