Minimalist and terrifying. It feels like a long nightmare. Best read in one sitting. 8/10 5. La locura de nuestro tiempo (The Madness of Our Time) – 2015 A fragmented novel about a journalist investigating a series of suicides in Bogotá’s university. Mendoza uses real testimonies, news clippings, and fictional diary entries.
Satanás is not an easy read, but it’s essential. Mendoza writes evil not as a cartoon but as a logical, terrifying extension of loneliness and fanaticism. The prose is lean, fast, and brutal. Winner of the Premio Biblioteca Breve (Seix Barral). 9/10 2. La ciudad de los umbrales (City of Thresholds) – 2018 The cult hit. This is the most “Mendoza” of his novels. An alcoholic literature professor discovers a hidden subculture in Bogotá’s sewers: a sect that worships an ancient spider deity, “The Eater of Stars.” As he descends into paranoia, reality starts to crack. novelas de mario mendoza
— Flawed, obsessive, repetitive, but unforgettable. A true original. Minimalist and terrifying