The Year of the Flood
1997 Nominated

The Year of the Flood

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

In Franco’s Spain, the determined Sister Consuelo, Mother Superior of a convent hospital, approaches the rich landowner Don Augusto for funds to establish an old people’s home, sparking an unexpected, intense affair that challenges her vows and faith. Amidst torrential rains and local unrest, her innocent mission descends into passion, deception, and conflict with bandits, ultimately revealing the complexities of human desire and integrity beneath a seemingly devout exterior. 

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Eduardo
Mendoza

Eduardo Mendoza was born in Barcelona in 1943. He studiedm Law and worked as an UN interpreter in the United States for nine years. He has won many awards for his fiction, including the Planeta Prize and the European Book Prize for his novel An Englishman in Madrid, and the Cervantes Prize and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature for his whole body of work.
Eduardo Mendoza was born in Barcelona in 1943. He studiedm Law and worked as an UN interpreter in the United States for nine years. He has won many awards for his fiction, including the Planeta Prize and the European Book Prize for his novel An Englishman in Madrid, and the Cervantes Prize and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature for his whole body of work.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Spain
Publisher
Harvill Press

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