La analfabeta que era un genio de los números

Synopsis of La analfabeta que era un genio de los números

«La analfabeta que era un genio de los números» is the humorous novel by Jonas Jonasson, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (397 pages).

In the Soweto of the seventies, Nombeko Mayeki, without resources and unable to read or write, possesses an extraordinary talent for mental arithmetic. After being run over, she is forced to serve an incompetent engineer involved in a secret nuclear programme; her intelligence drags her into a chain of misunderstandings and conspiracies.

The Spanish edition came out in 2014; the translation is by Ana Sofía Pascual Pape and the original title, «Analfabeten som kunde räkna», appeared in 2013.

For readers of humour and contemporary fiction, and for reading clubs interested in novels of mix-ups.