No Word From Gurb. “Literary Prozac.”— Cosmopolitan
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“Eduardo Mendoza is one of contemporary Spain’s most important writers.” — The New York Times Book Review
“An accomplished literary novelist who knows how to entertain.”
— Kirkus Reviews
A shape-shifting extraterrestrial named Gurb has assumed the form of Madonna (Marta Sánchez) and disappeared in Barcelona’s back streets. His hapless commander, desperately trying to find him, records the daily pleasures, dangers, and absurdities of our fragile world, while munching his way through enormous quantities of churros.
No stone is left unturned in the search for his old pal Gurb.
Will Barcelona survive this alien invasion?
Will the captain ever find his subordinate?
Are there enough churros in Barcelona to satisfy his intergalactic appetite?
Eduardo Mendoza was born in 1943 in Barcelona. He spent some years in New York working as an interpreter for the United Nations before returning to his native city, Barchinona.
His other novels include
The Truth About the Savolta Case,
The City of Marvels, and
The Year of the Flood.
Sense notissies de Gurb en chapurriau:
Perdido en la Barcelona preolímpica, el extraterrestre Gurb pone al servicio de su supervivencia la extraña cualidad de adoptar el aspecto que le plazca. Se pierde con la apariencia de Marta Sánchez, mientras su compañero alienígena inicia su búsqueda.
Por su diario personal vamos conociendo las increíbles peripecias de un extraterrestre en Barcelona.
En este relato de carácter paródico y satírico, la invención de Eduardo Mendoza convierte la Barcelona cotidiana en el escenario de una carnavalada tras la cual se revela el verdadero rostro del hombre urbano actual. Al prólogo del autor y las ilustraciones originales, se añade en esta edición la «Guía de lectura», que incluye material didáctico y una sección especial para clubs de lectura.
