Frankenstein O El Moderno Prometeo (Edición Cantos Tintados) / Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus (Sprayed Edges Edition)

La historia original de uno de los monstruos m s famosos de la historia de la literatura. Traducci n de Silvia Alemany Vilalta.

Introducci n de Alberto Manguel.

En el verano de 1816, el poeta Percy B. Shelley y su esposa Mary se reunieron con Lord Byron y su m dico en una villa a orillas del lago Leman. A instancias de Lord Byron y para animar una velada tormentosa, decidieron que cada uno inventar a una historia de fantasmas. La m s callada y reservada, Mary Shelley, dio vida as a quien ser a su personaje m s famoso: el doctor Frankenstein. Al cabo de un a o completar a la novela.

La historia es de todos conocida: un cient fico decide crear una criatura con vida propia a la que luego rechaza. Met fora sobre la vida, la libertad y el amor, Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo es una maravillosa f bula con todos los ingredientes de los grandes mitos, un gran cl sico que ahora recuperamos con una nueva traducci n y precedido de un espl ndido estudio de Alberto Manguel sobre la influencia del mito en el imaginario del cine.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The original story of one of the most famous monsters in literary history.

Translated by Silvia Alemany Vilalta.

Introduction by Alberto Manguel.

In the summer of 1816, the poet Percy B. Shelley and his wife Mary met with Lord Byron and his doctor at a villa on the shores of Lake Leman. At Lord Byron's urging, and to liven up a stormy evening, they decided that each would invent a ghost story. The quietest and most reserved, Mary Shelley, thus gave life to what would become her most famous character: Dr. Frankenstein. Within a year, she would complete the novel.

The story is well known: a scientist decides to create a creature with a life of its own, which he then rejects. A metaphor for life, freedom, and love, Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus is a wonderful fable with all the ingredients of the great myths, a great classic that we now recover with a new translation and preceded by a splendid study by Alberto Manguel on the influence of myth on the imagination of cinema.