by Manuel de Pedrolo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476344378
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«Mecanoscrito del segundo origen» is the science fiction novel by Manuel de Pedrolo, published by Orbis in 1986 in paperback (180 pages, in Spanish).
The novel opens in the year 7138 of the new era, when an enigmatic book written more than four thousand years earlier is recovered: the notebooks of Alba and Dídac, two young people who survive the destruction of civilization by flying objects. As they search for other survivors, they document their experiences in the typescript that gives the work its title.
Spanish edition translated by Domingo Santos, number 44 in Orbis's Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficción collection.
Classic of Spanish-language science fiction, with two teenage protagonists; reading for young adults and adults interested in dystopias.
Manuel de Pedrolo i Molina was a Catalan author of novels, short stories, poetry and plays. He is mostly known for his sci-fi novel Mecanoscrit del segon origen.
