by Eduardo Mendoza · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432237126
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«Las barbas del profeta» is Eduardo Mendoza's essay on the Bible and literary vocation, published by Seix Barral in paperback (200 pages).
Eduardo Mendoza recalls how the subject of Sacred History, in postwar Spain, awakened his fascination with the Bible and fictional worlds. In this essay, Mendoza reflects on the influence of foundational myths on society and reviews episodes such as Joseph and his brothers, Solomon, the Tower of Babel, and Jonah.
The work was originally published in 2017; this revised edition appeared in 2020 within the Biblioteca Breve collection, in Spanish.
For readers of Eduardo Mendoza and for those who want to approach the Bible as a source of stories and myths that feed the imagination.
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.
