Typescript of the Second Origin
First edition | |
| Author | Manuel de Pedrolo |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mecanoscrit del segon origen |
| Translator | Sara Martín Alegre |
| Language | Catalan |
| Subject | Dystopia |
| Genre | Novel, science fiction, young adult fiction |
| Publisher | El Trapezi |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Publication place | Spain |
Typescript of the Second Origin (Catalan: Mecanoscrit del segon origen) is a science fiction novel written by Manuel de Pedrolo in 1974, that had a great success and that has become one of the best-selling books of Catalan literature. The work is divided into 6 chapters, the first 5 of them having a similar extension and being called Quaderns (Catalan word for Notebooks) and the last of them being short and entitled «És l'Alba la mare de la humanitat actual?» (Is Alba the mother of current humanity?). The novel was published in English in 2017 by Wesleyan University Press.
It was brought to television by a very successful TV series produced and displayed by TV3, and in 2015 it was adapted for the big screen with the film Segon origen.