The 3 best books by José Vicente Alfaro

The latest great example of the assault on literary success since desktop publishing is called Jose Vicente Alfaro. And once again everything is born from that exceptional assessment of the readers who end up leaving their comments by the hundreds on the Amazon platform for many of the works of this Huelva-born author.

It is always interesting to remember that something similar happened with the already renowned Javier Castillo, David B Gil o Eva Garcia Saenz. The literature of commercial successes passes the same way from the selection of the editorial teams of the publishers as for the love of the readers who express the worth of an author.

But going back to Jose Vicente AlfaroGiven its repercussion among readers who are specialists in discovering jewels and making word of mouth the best diffusion, it was only a matter of time before a large publishing group like Planeta ended up recovering it for the cause of the official commercial circle.

The historical novels of this author, who continues to cultivate his independent plot, taking over rankings of best sellers, lead us to very different scenarios with that perfect mix between setting and plot.

Top 3 recommended books by José Vicente Alfaro

The hope of Tibet

We talked recently about Andres Pascual and we selected as his best novel “The Guardian of the Lotus Flower”, with its setting also around the region of Tibet. It will be a matter of the fascinating spiritual connotation of it from the purely orographic point of view. Without a doubt, the Himalayan mountain range must have something so that authors who know how to stage a good story end up awakening that transcendental point in every reader.

Even more so in a case like this in which we go back to a thirteenth century in which Tibetan Buddhism is at a great crossroads, in search of a new reincarnated teacher. There are convulsive days in the area and the civilian population is forced to find its destination in a practically wandering way, wherever there is some peace.

Fate, that inscrutable aspect from the Buddhist point of view, is being shaped in parallel between the spaces of religious government and an insignificant family pushed by circumstances, until that parallel line magically converges between the exuberant descriptive richness of an author who makes each scene live and each particular notion of its characters with fascinating realism.

The hope of Tibet

The cry of Easter Island

Rapa Nui and its Moai. What could have led the inhabitants of the current Chilean Easter Island to build around a thousand monoliths sculpted with that particular effigy between challenging and disturbing? This doubt still remains today without taking off, pointing to the obituary, to the cult of the dead.

But nothing is completely known. In this novel we are served on a platter the powerful magnetism of the entire island, not just its sculptures. And the whole thing turns out to be a thrilling adventure. Because, let's put ourselves in a situation where an excavation of which the protagonist, Germán, is part, seems to be close to a great discovery. Until its director, Erick, ends up dead.

Taking control of the situation at that moment cannot be easy. But Germán, an archaeologist by vocation, cannot abandon what he points to as an anthropological treasure of world dimensions. And he will be the one who continues on an adventure of knowledge dotted with risks.

The cry of Easter Island

The fragility of the chrysanthemum

If there is an author who has known how to exploit the exotic point of Japan in the literary world, that is the previously named David B. Gil. But together with David, José Vicente Alfaro also ends up composing a perfect setting for plots in which adventure and mysteries allow themselves to be enveloped by that enigmatic point of the far away.

In this historical novel we enjoy that almost perfect balance between action, documentation, tension and great emotions. We are located in the Heian period, equivalent to our high middle ages. And in the same way as in the West, only with very different figurative connotations, the people lived under the yoke of myths taken advantage of by power.

Stopping in the small, in two simple brothers from a poor family to end up pointing to the top of a culture obscured by a despotic empire, but full of suggestive roles, ceremonial customs, moral references and beliefs, is a literary challenge.

And José Vicente Alfaro knows how to manage to link intense emotions in an adventure towards survival. A journey between magic and manners that ends up joining very different lives to compose a brilliant cosmos with epic overtones.

The fragility of the chrysanthemum
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1 comment on «The 3 best books of José Vicente Alfaro»

  1. I have been enchanted by the recommendations of this author, Josë Vicente Alfaro and I have encouraged myself to look for more works. His latest work The Assassination of the Baghdad Calligrapher, I loved it, very well documented as the author usually does, an interesting plot, very well written and with an incredible result, it hooks and knows how to introduce you to the work. Without a doubt a very promising writer

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