by Milos Urban · B de Bolsillo (Ediciones B) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498728026
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«La sombra de la catedral» is the crime novel by Milos Urban, published by B de Bolsillo (Ediciones B) in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Roman Rops becomes involved in a murder at St. Vitus Cathedral in contemporary Prague. After proving his innocence, he collaborates with the local police; his knowledge of art and literature is essential to solving the case. A crime novel with a Gothic atmosphere, black humor, legends and mystery, in the vein of «Las siete iglesias».
Work translated from Czech, originally published in 2003 as «Stín katedrály». The B de Bolsillo edition went on sale in May 2013.
Recommended for readers of crime and detective fiction who appreciate Gothic atmospheres, mystery and black humor.
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.
