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Triste símbolo, aquellos anónimos muros de ladrillo, de toda una nación inculta dormida entre los escombros de su pasado, suicidamente satisfecha y prisionera de sí misma. Amarga lección póstuma, esa tumba olvidada.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Triste símbolo, aquellos anónimos muros de ladrillo, de toda una nación inculta dormida entre los escombros de su pasado, suicidamente satisfecha y prisionera de sí misma. Amarga lección póstuma, esa tumba olvidada.

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About Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was published in 1986.
He is well known outside Spain for his "Alatriste" series of novels, which have been translated into multiple languages. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.