by Milos Urban · Ediciones El Andén · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492475001
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«El mago del agua» is the novel by Miloš Urban published by Ediciones El Andén in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
In the nineteenth century, Baron de Caus, a cultured and seductive outsider, arrives at the Czech village of Stará Ves; beneath his appearance hides Hastrman, spirit of the waters. His obsession with Katerina unleashes his cruelty. Two centuries later, Hastrman returns to the devastated village and, with eco-terrorists, wants to give back to Nature what has been taken from it.
Translation by Kepa Luis Huarte-Mendicoa Fiol. Originally published as «Hastrman - Zelený román», it won the Magnesia Litera Prize 2002.
A good choice for those who enjoy fantasy fiction, magical realism and Central European literature.
Miloš Urban is a Czech novelist and horror writer, known as the "dark knight of Czech literature". He is best known for his 1999 novel Sedmikostelí, a Gothic crime horror set in Prague, which was translated into 11 languages. He is also a translator, and has translated works by authors including Isaac Bashevis Singer and Julian Barnes into Czech. He was the winner of the 2002 Magnesia Litera prize for prose writing for his 2001 novel Hastrman, as well as the 1996 Mladá fronta prize for his translation of Barnes' Flaubert's Parrot. As well as the Czech Republic, Urban's books have found considerable commercial success in Spanish-speaking countries.
