FREE CORTO MALTESE: BEYOND THE WINDY ISLES PDF Hugo Pratt | 120 pages | 14 Jul 2015 | Idea & Design Works | 9781631403170 | English | San Diego, United States GCD :: Issue :: Corto Maltese #4 - Beyond the Windy Isles Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt. In "Banana Conga," Corto has his first and nearly fatal encounter with the beautiful yet dangerous mercenary Venexiana Stevenson. Within this framework of adventure, Hugo Pratt weaves themes dealing with the exploitation of indigenous people, the noble struggle to gain freedom and independence, and how cowardice can poison men of all Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles. The action, set intakes Corto Maltese from the Mosquito Coast to Barbados to a deadly struggle among Jivaro head-hunters Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles the Peruvian Amazon. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Corto Maltese 3. Corto Maltese. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Corto MalteseCorto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Corto Maltese, as a merchant marine salesman and debonnaire adventurer certainly gets around. This adventure takes place in South America, Venezuela to be exact, and metes out the normal ration of mystery and romance with a dose of existentialism. It is - as all of Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles - gorgeously illustrated. Oct 26, Florin Pitea rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novels. A very nice album altogether. Sep 26, Derek Royal rated it really liked it. May 03, Joseph rated it really liked it Shelves: comics-graphic-novels. This is the second volume released by IDW EuroComics, although it's the fourth in the series, judging by the list in the back. Here, our intrepid sailor Corto Maltese ends up in a few more adventures in the South American jungle, coming up against head shrinkers, assassins, and political revolutionaries. All told in Pratt's somewhat stilted, Hemingwayesque style, which actually works well for these types of stories. The black and white art is a pleasure to look at, and shows the versatility of P This is the second volume released by IDW EuroComics, although it's the fourth in the series, judging by the list in the back. The black and white art is a pleasure to look at, and shows the versatility of Pratt working in this medium Great classic European adventure comics. View 2 comments. Jan 11, George K. Ilsley rated it liked it Shelves: fictiongraphichistorical-fictionsouth-america. In these episodes he is always in the right spot, always able to get out of the tightest jam. The volume is large, with good maps on the end flaps. However, the episodic nature of the adventures means there is plot device repetition and no Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles development. The enigmatic sailor is what he is, and no more. If you like this style, it is very well done. Jan 26, Robert rated it it was amazing Shelves: xseasoncomics-graphics. A treasure in both art and story. It's difficult to say Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles this volume is better translated than the first or if I've just become accustomed to the slightly stilted language; in either case I'll be reading the rest soon. Ich hoffe, ich bin nicht der einzige, der dieser fantastischen Serie nach so einem schlechten Anfang eine zweite Chance gab. Gerade die erste der 5 Kurzgeschichten dieses Bands, in dem Zauberpilze aus Mexiko eine wichtige Rolle spielen, zeigt, wie leicht Pratt mit Zeit- und Raumebenen hantieren kann. Jan 24, Dragan Nanic rated it it was amazing Shelves: comics. There is nothing more needed to say about Corto. First page of Banana Conga is a masterpiece in itself! IDW made a beautiful edition. Quality of paper and print is just perfect. Very, very small objection is that in two places there is a duplication of words the and to in speech balloons, but that is negligible. A joy to read and reread. I completely missed it the firs There is nothing more needed to say about Corto. I completely missed it the first Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles, therefore no big deal but a small detriment to perfection Jun 01, Michael rated it it was amazing. Terrific and engaging. Graphically very striking. All the recurring characters and trouble really bring Corto's world together when you remember how everybody fits together. Feb 13, Alex Sarll added it. Amnesia, revolutions, a witch doctor using his powers to break the people's belief in sorcery But for me the real attraction remains the play of light and shadow, the leaves and the clouds. Dec 20, matt rated it it was Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles Shelves: comic-books. So great to see these stories in English - very nice editions. Nov 30, Aaron rated it it was amazing Shelves: comics. Corto Maltese is one of the greatest comics in the world. I've been reading it for years, and I'm only now starting to appreciate its true greatness. These ones are darker, concerned with magic and madness, revolutions in banana republics, deserters from the First World War, and abuses of colonial power. These stories are less contemplative and dreamy, more driven by greed, guilt, and gain, than the stories in the previous omnibus. Nevertheless, the storytelling has a great maturity and humanity, and the graphics are even more stylised and impressionistic. The recurring secondary Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles and themes give the world of Corto Maltese depth and mystery, and hence makes even the weaker stories and these do feel a little Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles than in the previous omnibus compelling to read. Un bon album. Jan 10, J rated it it was amazing Shelves: comics. A nice collection of tales with less a coherent central storyline than the previous volume which held together in a chronology. Which is not at all to the book's detriment. Very enjoyable. Pratt on its best. Limitado a exemplares. Aug 01, Celtic rated it really liked it Shelves: own. Thymios Glymis rated it really liked it Jun 24, Al Capwned rated it it was amazing Dec 31, Tatiana rated it liked it Jun 15, Goran rated it really liked it Oct 12, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Readers also enjoyed. Graphic Novels Comics. Sequential Art. About Hugo Pratt. Slings & Arrows Reverse side of front gatefold cover repeated on reverse of rear gatefold cover. Historical map of the Caribbean coast of South America, the setting for the current volume. Reverse side of rear gatefold cover repeated from reverse of front gatefold cover. First panel of rear gatefold cover facing interior ; acting as the rear inside flap of a dustjacket with a biography of Hugo Pratt. Corto Maltese 4 - Beyond the Windy Isles. IDWSeries. Price All Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles set in View: Large Edit cover. Letters typeset Indexer Notes Reverse side of front gatefold cover repeated on reverse of rear gatefold cover. Indexer Notes Title pages and publisher's indicia and book production credits. First Line of Dialogue or Text In Maracaibo, in Venezuela, Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles now stands an ultramodern supermarket, there once was a shop full of strange, even disturbing, objects Steiner tries to heal Corto's amnesia by preparing a risotto with hallucinogenic mushrooms. To convince Corto, Steiner himself eats it, and falls into a dream in which he and Corto are already looking for El Dorado, but are captured by the Indians; when they are about to be tortured and killed, Steiner wakes up. Corto recovers his memory, but rejects Levi's offer. First Line of Dialogue or Text They said that their presence was necessary to defend the lives and property of citizens of the Union Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles gets a briefcase given to him by a man killed in a shootout, and turns to Esmeralda, an agent of Gold Mouth. He encounters a bewildering array of people who are all after the briefcase, and learns it contains money to be used to purchase documents vital to the revolution. In the end, he encounters Gold Mouth, who reveals that she already has the documents. The briefcase was full of plain paper: it was part of a plan to unmask all the traitors. Corto, who was amnesiac when he met Soledad, does not remember her, but decides to help her anyway. With the help of Steiner and Big Mask the plot is foiled. Soledad repays the debt she had with Corto and sets off again with Jesus-Maria, the Carib. Genre adventure; historical Characters Corto Maltese; Corto Maltese: Beyond the Windy Isles. Corto gathers that he is a deserter of a regiment at that time engaged in the First World War. Unable to convince him to come away with him, he leaves him medicine. The lieutenant does not take it. His hallucinations become stronger, and he relives his life as a coward in which everyone praises him for having thought about his own survival instead of respecting the hypocrisy of the British military aristocracy. The next morning Corto finds him dead, but with a smile on his face.