by Juan Manuel de Prada · Valdemar · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477021728
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«Las máscaras del héroe» is the first novel by Juan Manuel de Prada, published by Valdemar in paperback (608 pages, in Spanish).
Set in bohemian Madrid from the early 20th century to the Civil War, it follows the writer Pedro Luis Gálvez and a group of characters who devoted their lives to literature. Among them stands out Fernando Navales, a nihilist and scoundrel, in a choral chronicle that mixes history, grotesque satire and violence.
Winner of the RNE Ojo Crítico Narrative Prize. Number 53 in Valdemar's El Club Diógenes collection.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and chronicles of pre-Civil War bohemian Madrid.
