by Eduardo Mendoza · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432207815
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«La ciudad de los prodigios» is Eduardo Mendoza's picaresque novel, published by Seix Barral in paperback (576 pages, in Spanish).
Onofre Bouvila, a ruined peasant, arrives in Barcelona as it transforms between the Universal Expositions of 1888 and 1929 and starts out as a distributor of anarchist pamphlets. Eduardo Mendoza narrates his rise to financial and criminal power with a satirical and fantastical tone, making the city a character full of contrasts and myths.
The novel, originally published in 1986, won the Ciutat de Barcelona Prize; this edition is from 2001.
For readers of contemporary Spanish literary fiction and historical fiction interested in Barcelona from 1888 to 1929.
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga is a Spanish novelist, playwright, and essayist. His first novel, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta, published in 1975, reflected the social changes as Spain transitioned to democracy, and was very successful. His 1986 novel, La Ciudad de los Prodigios, is widely acclaimed, and he is also known for his "mad detective" parody novels, in particular El Laberinto de las Aceitunas.
