by Javier García Sánchez · Editorial Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408046295
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«Dios se ha ido» is a contemporary novel by Javier García Sánchez, published by Editorial Planeta in paperback (346 pages, in Spanish).
A middle-aged man is left alone and his life fills with absurd situations: nonsensical dialogues with his Filipina housekeeper, unexpected sexual encounters, and the suspicion of being spied on from the building across the street. A chess enthusiast, the protagonist tries to survive with humor a world that is slipping away from him.
The novel received the Azorín Prize for Fiction in 2003 and was published in the Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos collection.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction who appreciate humor and everyday situations taken to the extreme.
Javier García Sánchez is a Spanish writer. Born in Barcelona in 1955, he studied at the Complutense University in Madrid. He edited the magazine Quimera for two years, and wrote in the culture pages of La Voz de Euskadi. He achieved literary success with his second novel La dama del viento sur, which won the Premio Pío Baroja and was translated into English by Michael Bradburn Ruster and Myrna R. Villa. He won the Premio Herralde with a later novel La historia más triste. His book on the champion road cyclist Miguel Indurain has been translated into English.
