Eduardo Mendoza

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January 11, 1943 in Barcelona, Spain

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Eduardo Mendoza 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 (and neighbour) Félix de Azúa.

In 1975 he published his very successful first novel, La verdad sobre el caso Savolta (The Truth about the Savolta Case), 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 real...more

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Books by Eduardo Mendoza

Average rating: 3.59 · 3,208 ratings · 218 reviews · 29 distinct works

	Sin noticias de Gurb 3.68 avg rating — 795 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions	My rating:
	El misterio de la cripta embrujada 3.59 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 1988 — 20 editions	My rating:
	La verdad sobre el caso Savolta 3.69 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1975 — 26 editions	My rating:
	La ciudad de los prodigios 3.90 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 186 — 24 editions	My rating:
	El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato 3.26 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	My rating:
	El laberinto de las aceitunas 3.59 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1984 — 19 editions	My rating:
	La aventura del tocador de señoras 3.66 avg rating — 267 ratings — 12 editions	My rating:
	Riña de gatos. Madrid 1936 3.40 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	El año del diluvio 3.25 avg rating — 72 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	El último trayecto de Horacio Dos 3.20 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:

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“Eran días de irresponsable plenitud, de felicidad imperceptible.”
― Eduardo Mendoza, La verdad sobre el caso Savolta

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Książka na grudzień

Witaj, smutku | Françoise Sagan

3 votes, 27.3%

Prawda o Sprawie Savolty | Eduardo Mendoza

3 votes, 27.3%

Upiorna opowieść | Peter Straub

2 votes, 18.2%

Nieznane przygody Mikołajka | Jean-Jacques Sempé and René Goscinny

2 votes, 18.2%

Czarodziejka z Florencji | Salman Rushdie

1 vote, 9.1%

Gargulec | Andrew Davidson

0 votes, 0.0%

11 total votes

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