Satanás (novel)

Satanás
AuthorMario Mendoza Zambrano
Original titleSatanás
IllustratorGarry Wade
LanguageSpanish
GenreNovel
Set inBogotá
PublisherEditorial Planeta
Publication date
2002
Publication placeColombia
Pages285 pags.
AwardsPremio Biblioteca Breve (2002)
ISBN9789584202925
OCLC49991813
Preceded byRelato de un asesino 
Followed byCobro de sangre 

Satanás is a novel by the Colombian writer Mario Mendoza Zambrano published in 2002. It is about three stories happening around a real event on December 4, 1986: Campo Elías Delgado, a Vietnam War veteran, killed his apartment building neighbors, a student of him and her mother, his own mother, and 30 people in a high-end restaurant before committing suicide. The novel narrates his life and that of three of his victims.

It received the 2002 Premio Biblioteca Breve as best unpublished novel.[1]

It was inspiration for the movie of the same name produced in 2007.

References

  1. ^ Obiols, Isabel (February 5, 2002). "El colombiano Mario Mendoza gana el Premio Biblioteca Breve" [The Colombian Mario Mendoza Wins the Premio Biblioteca Breve]. El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved September 5, 2018.