by Blake Morrison · Puzzle Editorial De Libros, Sl · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788489746671
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«El enigma Gutenberg» is the historical novel by Blake Morrison, published by Puzzle Editorial in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in Europe around 1400, ravaged by plague, among wealthy burghers, sensual daughters and shrewd apprentices. Gutenberg, a likeable swindler with vision and a passion for machines, risks everything to launch the printing press, a device destined to transform the course of humanity.
The work was originally published in 2000; this Spanish edition is from 2006 and belongs to the Puzzle collection (paperback).
For readers of historical fiction and fiction about the world of books, and for anyone wanting to glimpse the origins of printing.
Philip Blake Morrison is an English poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and was made into a drama film of the same title. He has also written a study of the murder of James Bulger, As If (1997).
