by Mary W. Shelley · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420653655
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«Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo», a horror and science fiction novel by Mary W. Shelley, published by Alianza in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
The novel opens with the encounter in the Arctic between Captain Walton and an exhausted Victor Frankenstein, who tells him how he came to create life from dead matter and how that creature rebelled against him. Between Gothic horror and what would later become science fiction, the work raises questions about scientific ambition, loneliness, and the creator's responsibility.
Translation from English by Francisco Torres Oliver. Part of the El libro de bolsillo - Literatura collection.
Reading for those who enjoy the classics of horror and science fiction and the foundational stories of both genres.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
