by Enrique de Hériz · Edhasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435019842
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«Manual de la oscuridad» is the contemporary fiction novel by Enrique de Hériz, published by Edhasa in paperback (576 pages, in Spanish).
Víctor Losa, heir to a long tradition of illusionists, has become the best magician of his time. A sudden blindness forces him to reinvent himself and discover another way of relating to life. Memory and loss are the axes of this novel, which traces the history of magic and its artists.
Originally published in 2009, this Spanish edition was published in 2013 within the Edhasa Pocket collection.
Readers of contemporary fiction and Spanish novels, as well as those seeking stories about magic, memory, and loss.
Enrique de Hériz was a Spanish writer, translator, and literary critic. He was born in Barcelona and studied Spanish Philology at the University of Barcelona. At an early age he achieved prominence as a translator and an editor. Among the authors whose books he helped to produce in Spanish were Annie Proulx, Nadine Gordimer, Stephen King, Peter Carey, and John Fowles. He also produced the first full Spanish translation of Robinson Crusoe.
