by Eduardo Mendoza · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432225871
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«La ciudad de los prodigios» is the contemporary fiction novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Booket in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in Barcelona between the Universal Expositions of 1888 and 1929. Onofre Bouvila, an immigrant who distributes anarchist propaganda and sells hair tonic, rises to the top of the city's financial and criminal power. The novel is a satirical and playful fantasy that draws on the picaresque and portrays a real and imaginary Barcelona.
Originally published in 1986, the novel won the Premio Ciutat de Barcelona and belongs to the Biblioteca Eduardo Mendoza collection. This Booket edition came out in 2016.
Aimed at readers of contemporary and historical fiction with an interest in the literary portrait of Barcelona.
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.
