by Milos Urban · EDB FICCION · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466628372
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«La sombra de la catedral» is the crime novel by Milos Urban, published by EDB Ficción in hardcover (224 pages, in Spanish).
In Prague, Roman Rops is accused of a murder in St. Vitus Cathedral; once his innocence is proven, he collaborates with the local police, helping to solve the case with his knowledge of art and literature. The story combines suspense, Gothic atmosphere, alchemy, black humor and nods to Dante and the Pre-Raphaelites.
Part of the La Trama collection. Translated by Kepa Luis Huarte Mendicoa; original Czech title: Stín katedrály (2003).
For fans of mystery and Gothic fiction, with an interest in Prague and Czech narrative.
Miloš Urban is a Czech novelist and horror writer, known as the "dark knight of Czech literature". He is best known for his 1999 novel Sedmikostelí, a Gothic crime horror set in Prague, which was translated into 11 languages. He is also a translator, and has translated works by authors including Isaac Bashevis Singer and Julian Barnes into Czech. He was the winner of the 2002 Magnesia Litera prize for prose writing for his 2001 novel Hastrman, as well as the 1996 Mladá fronta prize for his translation of Barnes' Flaubert's Parrot. As well as the Czech Republic, Urban's books have found considerable commercial success in Spanish-speaking countries.
