Eduardo Mendoza

Broschiertes Buch

The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt

Beschreibung

Released from an asylum to help with a police enquiry, the quick-witted and foul-smelling narrator delves deep into the underworld of 1970s Barcelona to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl from a convent school, in this hilarious detective romp through seedy underworld Barcelona.

Autor

Eduardo Mendoza was born in 1943 in Barcelona. He spent some years in New York where he worked at the United Nations as an interpreter. He is widely considered to be one of the most important contemporary Spanish novelists and has won many prizes internationally. Nicholas Caistor is the author of Octavio Paz (Reaktion, 2006), editor of two anthologies, and has translated many novels by Latin American and Spanish authors, including Juan Marse, Juan Carlos Onetti, Sergio Ramirez, Jose Saramago, Osvaldo Soriano and Dulce Chacón. Nick Caistor won the Premio Valle Inclan 2007.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 131mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 190g
• ISBN-13: 9781846590511
• ISBN-10: 1846590515
• Artikelnr.: 23809572