by William Ospina · LITERATURA RANDOM HOUSE · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439730293
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In the summer of 1816, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary Shelley gathered at Villa Diodati, next to Lake Leman. The inclement weather, caused by the volcanic eruption of Tambora, prevented them from leaving the villa for three days. In this atmosphere of mystery and nervousness, between lightning and phantasmagorical stories, two great myths of the Gothic novel were born: Frankenstein and the vampire. William Ospina introduces us to the fantastic world of this story to reflect on the coexistence of the sublime and the monstrous, and the need for man to reinvent himself in myths to give meaning to existence.
William Ospina is a Colombian poet, essayist and novelist. He was born in Herveo, Tolima. He won the Romulo Gallegos Prize for his novel El país de la canela, part of a trilogy about the invasion and conquest of South America.
