by Milos Urban · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467214895
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«Las siete iglesias» is the mystery novel by Milos Urban, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (313 pages, in Spanish).
The novel's Gothic atmosphere stems from the power of the Catholic Church, more piercing than the pinnacles of its cathedrals: crypts, underground labyrinths and words from sacred texts form abyssal figures. Fitting them together leads to an intrigue that connects with twentieth-century Czech literature.
Original Czech work from 1999 («Sedmikostelí»), translated into Spanish by Kepa Uharte; hardback edition with dust jacket published in 2006.
Aimed at readers of mystery novels and Gothic atmosphere, with an interest in Czech 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.
