by Eduardo Mendoza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422644026
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«El año del diluvio» is the novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (150 pages, in Spanish).
Set in rural Spain in the 1950s, it tells the story of Sister Consuelo, a nun who asks Don Augusto Aixelá, a Catalan landowner, for help to save her convent. Between them a passion arises that clashes with social conventions and her faith. Mendoza portrays the Catalan countryside with humor and emotion.
The novel was originally published in 1992; this edition from Círculo de Lectores dates from 1993.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and for those seeking a love story with humor and social background.
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.
