Origin brown novel1/9/2024 Actually, even if the attic was originally the place for the laundry rooms, in the 1950’s they were turned into exclusive apartments – not so strange after all to have Edmond moving in! It is also true that the basement of the building was once the first underground parking lot in the city. I considered it a bit extravagant to have Edmond live in the attic, but it was fun to imagine that familiar exhibit as a mix of furniture and the models that in the book had been left from the museum exhibit since the computer genius was only leasing it for a couple of years. That floor is now used for temporary art exhibits and has a separate entrance from the rest of the building, where you can visit the spectacular rooftop where Ambra and Langdon are rescued by helicopter, the attic where Kirsch lived – a permanent exhibit about Gaudi’s techniques and inspirations, and one of the rental apartments, now decorated with antiques to teach visitors how living in such a house could be in the turn of the 1900’s. This UNESCO site was an apartment building commissioned by the Milà family, who lived in the main floor (third floor for Americans: in Spain buildings have a street level or planta baja, a mezzanine or entresuelo, then the main floor or principal, and only then we start counting floors – what means our first floor is a 4th for Americans!). The Gaudi building chosen to be Edmond Kirsch’s home is a favorite of mine. Maybe calling it poetry was just a reference to the beauty of the sentence? It’s not a clear prophecy either… or could it be? I have to say I would have loved it to be the password but… it wasn’t. So when I saw it reproduced in chapter 52 I thought “Bingo!” after confirming in English it’s exactly 47 words if we include the spaces. Ok, I know, it was meant to be a line of a poem and the Gaudi quote that immediately came to my mind is NOT from a poem, even if it’s totally related to the title of the book: Origin. And let’s start with the chore of the story: the 47 character sentence was one of my big disappointments. Anyway, it’s a fun book! ( TIP: you can get it on Amazon and Itunes).Īnd so from here on – SPOILER ALERT – I’ll be discussing what’s real and what’s fiction in Dan Brown’s book. However the Gaudi’s sites are just used as a unique landscape for all the intrigue that happens in the book, and the author doesn’t dig much into the architect’s philosophy, engineering or creations (although you can feel how much he praises him). So what better than discussing books today? And did you know Origin by Dan Brown takes place in Barcelona? Or should I say for the most part, as it also takes you to the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao (Basque Country) and some royal sites in Madrid.īut its cover depicting the Sagrada Familia spiral stairs, made me think it was going to be much more focused in Gaudi, the famed Barcelona architect, than it really is (and yes, because I’m a private guide and I wanted it to be about Gaudi). Origin is stunningly inventive-Dan Brown''s most brilliant and entertaining novel to date.Next Monday it’s the International Day of Books – St. and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch’s shocking discovery. and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain’s Royal Palace itself. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch’s secret. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch’s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence.Īs the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon’s first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough. Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement-the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science forever.” The evening’s host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. The #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2017) from the author of The Da Vinci Code.
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