by Eduardo Mendoza · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432231513
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«La ciudad de los prodigios» is the picaresque and satirical novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Booket in paperback (543 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Barcelona during the universal expositions of 1888 and 1929, it follows Onofre Bouvila, a boy who arrives from the countryside in ruin and ends up becoming an influential magnate with highly unorthodox methods. The work combines picaresque and social satire to show ambition and the city's transformation into a modern metropolis.
Originally published in 1986, it received the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona. It belongs to the Biblioteca Eduardo Mendoza collection.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary Spanish narrative.
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.
