El mundo (novel)

{{short description|2007 novel by Juan José Millás}}

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| author = Juan José Millás

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| country = Spain

| language = Spanish

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| genre = autobiographical novel

| publisher = Planeta

| pub_date = 2007

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| pages = 233

| isbn = 9788408075967

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El mundo ({{literal translation|The World}}) is a 2007 autobiographical novel by the Spanish writer Juan José Millás. It is inspired by childhood memories and is about a boy who lives on the street and tries to grasp the history of the world.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=17 October 2007 |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/10/15/cultura/1192485528.html |title=Juan José Millás gana el Planeta de Novela y Boris Izaguirre queda finalista |newspaper=El Mundo |language=es |access-date=4 January 2024 }}{{cite news |last=Schifino |first=Martín |date=8 February 2008 |url=https://www.revistadelibros.com/el-mundo-de-millas/ |title=El mundo de Millás |newspaper=Revista de libros |access-date=4 January 2024 }}{{cite news |last=Geli |first=Carles |date=16 October 2007 |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2007/10/16/cultura/1192485602_850215.html |title=Millás conquista el Planeta con una evocación de su niñez y adolescencia |url-access=subscription |newspaper=El País |language=es |access-date=4 January 2024 }}

The book received the 2007 Premio Planeta de Novela after Millás had submitted it under the pseudonym Tiresias and with the fake title A ciegas. It received the National Literature Prize for Narrative in 2008.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=13 October 2008 |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2008/10/13/actualidad/1223848806_850215.html |title=Millás gana el Premio Nacional de Narrativa |url-access=subscription |newspaper=El País |language=es |access-date=4 January 2024 }}