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Eduardo Mendoza

3.6/5 ( ratings)
Born
January 10 1943
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga studied law in the first half of the 1960s and lived in New York between 1973 and 1982, working as interpreter for the United Nations.

He maintained an intense relationship with novelists Juan Benet and Juan García Hortelano, poet Pere Gimferrer and writer Félix de Azúa.

In 1975 he published his very successful first novel, La verdad sobre el caso Savolta , where he shows his ability to use different resources and styles. The novel is considered a precursor to the social change in the Spanish post-Franco society and the first novel of the transition to democracy. He describes the union fights from the beginning of the 20th century, showing the social, cultural and economic reality of the Barcelona at the time. A year later he was awarded the Critic Prize.

His most acclaimed novel is probably La ciudad de los prodigios , about the social and urban evolution of Barcelona between the Universal Expositions of 1888 and 1929. It was adapted to the screen by Mario Camus in 1999.

In 1996, he published his third major Barcelona novel, this time set in the 1940s, Una comedia ligera .

Also within Mendoza's work stands the saga of Ceferino, a peculiar character, a detective locked up in a mental hospital. The first of these novels, El misterio de la cripta embrujada is a parody with hilarious moments mixing detective stories with gothic narrative.

In the second novel of the saga, El laberinto de las aceitunas he confirms his talent as parodist; the novel is one of his most successful works. The third novel of the saga, La aventura del tocador de señoras was published in 2002.

The newspaper El País published two of his novels by instalments, Sin noticias de Gurb and El último trayecto de Horacio Dos .

In 1990, his work in Catalan Restauració made its debut. He later translated it into Spanish himself.

Eduardo Mendoza

3.6/5 ( ratings)
Born
January 10 1943
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga studied law in the first half of the 1960s and lived in New York between 1973 and 1982, working as interpreter for the United Nations.

He maintained an intense relationship with novelists Juan Benet and Juan García Hortelano, poet Pere Gimferrer and writer Félix de Azúa.

In 1975 he published his very successful first novel, La verdad sobre el caso Savolta , where he shows his ability to use different resources and styles. The novel is considered a precursor to the social change in the Spanish post-Franco society and the first novel of the transition to democracy. He describes the union fights from the beginning of the 20th century, showing the social, cultural and economic reality of the Barcelona at the time. A year later he was awarded the Critic Prize.

His most acclaimed novel is probably La ciudad de los prodigios , about the social and urban evolution of Barcelona between the Universal Expositions of 1888 and 1929. It was adapted to the screen by Mario Camus in 1999.

In 1996, he published his third major Barcelona novel, this time set in the 1940s, Una comedia ligera .

Also within Mendoza's work stands the saga of Ceferino, a peculiar character, a detective locked up in a mental hospital. The first of these novels, El misterio de la cripta embrujada is a parody with hilarious moments mixing detective stories with gothic narrative.

In the second novel of the saga, El laberinto de las aceitunas he confirms his talent as parodist; the novel is one of his most successful works. The third novel of the saga, La aventura del tocador de señoras was published in 2002.

The newspaper El País published two of his novels by instalments, Sin noticias de Gurb and El último trayecto de Horacio Dos .

In 1990, his work in Catalan Restauració made its debut. He later translated it into Spanish himself.

Books from Eduardo Mendoza

Sin noticias de Gurb

3.7/5 ( ratings)

El misterio de la cripta embrujada

3.6/5 ( ratings)

La verdad sobre el caso Savolta

3.8/5 ( ratings)

La ciudad de los prodigios

3.9/5 ( ratings)

El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Riña de gatos. Madrid 1936

3.5/5 ( ratings)

El laberinto de las aceitunas

3.7/5 ( ratings)

La aventura del tocador de señoras

3.7/5 ( ratings)

El enredo de la bolsa y la vida

3.5/5 ( ratings)

El secreto de la modelo extraviada

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Tres vidas de santos

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Qué está pasando en Cataluña

3.2/5 ( ratings)

La ciudad de los prodigios (Novela Gráfica)

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Mauricio o las elecciones primarias

3.1/5 ( ratings)

El año del diluvio

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Uma comédia ligeira

3.4/5 ( ratings)

La isla inaudita

3.2/5 ( ratings)

De La Buena Y La Mala Educación: Reflexiones Sobre La Crisis De La Enseñanza

4.3/5 ( ratings)

7 ENSEÑANZAS DE PAULO COELHO: Es ir más allá del sentido global del texto

3/5 ( ratings)

An Englishman in Madrid

3/5 ( ratings)
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