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La ciudad de los prodigios

by Eduardo Mendoza

Premio Cervantes · 2016 · Winner
Seix BarralLiterary FictionHistorical FictionISBN 9788432291432

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About This Book

The rise of a ruthless Catalan entrepreneur against the backdrop of Barcelona's transformation from the Universal Exhibition of 1888 to the International Exhibition of 1929, a baroque comedy of ambition and social history.

About the Author

Eduardo Mendoza is a Spanish novelist born in 1943 in Barcelona. He is one of the most beloved and respected Spanish novelists of his generation, known for combining literary sophistication with genuine narrative pleasure and wit. His debut novel La verdad sobre el caso Savolta (The Truth About the Savolta Case, 1975) is considered a landmark of post-Franco Spanish literature. Read more →

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