by Milos Urban · ZETA BOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496778085
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«La sombra de la catedral» is the mystery and suspense novel by Miloš Urban, published by Zeta Bolsillo in paperback, with 192 pages, in Spanish.
A murder in St. Vitus Cathedral splashes Roman Rops; exonerated, he collaborates with the police in the investigation. His knowledge of art and literature, the alchemical theories of Fulcanelli and Dante Alighieri are key. The investigation traverses the darkest corners of Prague: places off the guides, shady businesses and dangerous characters.
The work originally appeared as Stín katedrály in 2003. This edition includes the translation by Kepa Luis Huarte Mendicoa within the Best Seller Zeta Bolsillo collection.
For readers of crime fiction and thriller who seek urban mysteries with historical setting and literary and alchemical references.
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.
