Name: El Séptimo Velo (in Spanish)
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Author: Juan Manuel De Prada
ISBN: 9788432217845

Type

Physical Book

Author

Juan Manuel de Prada

Publisher

Seix Barral

Collection

Novela y Relatos

Year

2008

Language

Spanish

Pages

784

Format

Paperback

ISBN

8432217840

ISBN13

9788432217845

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "El Séptimo Velo (in Spanish)"

Tras la muerte de su madre, a Julio le es revelado un secreto familiar oculto durante medio siglo. Obsesionado por este descubrimiento, inicia una pesquisa que lo obligará a desempolvar episodios oscuros de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Francia, España y Argentina, siguiendo los pasos de Jules Tillon, un hombre misterioso que, como Julio, tuvo que bucear en su pasado para poder seguir viviendo.

Juan Manuel de Prada

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Juan Manuel de Prada (Baracaldo, 1970) is a Spanish writer, essayist, and literary critic. Graduated in Law from the University of Salamanca, he became known with Coños and the collection of stories El silencio del patinador (1995). His first novel, Las máscaras del héroe (1996), earned him the RNE Ojo Crítico Narrative Award in 1997. In 1997, he won the Planeta Prize for La tempestad.

Among his most notable works are La vida invisible (2003), awarded the Primavera Prize and the National Narrative Prize; El séptimo velo (2007), which received the Biblioteca Breve Prize; and El castillo de diamante (2015), deserving the Castilla y León Critics' Prize in 2016. His production spans novels, essays, and opinion articles, establishing himself as an influential figure in contemporary Spanish literature.

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