by Eduardo Mendoza · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432231513
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«La ciudad de los prodigios» is the picaresque and satirical novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Booket in paperback (543 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Barcelona during the world's fairs of 1888 and 1929, it follows Onofre Bouvila, a boy who arrives from the countryside in ruin and ends up becoming an influential magnate with highly unorthodox methods. The work combines picaresque and social satire to show ambition and the city's transformation into a modern metropolis.
Originally published in 1986, it received the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona. It belongs to the Biblioteca Eduardo Mendoza collection.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary Spanish narrative.
Novelista barcelonés, premio Cervantes 2016, autor de La verdad sobre el caso Savolta, La ciudad de los prodigios y Sin noticias de Gurb.
