by E. R. Eddison · Circulo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422679493
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«La serpiente Uróboros» is the fantasy novel by E. R. Eddison, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (603 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place on an imaginary Mercury ruled by unbridled passions, where the lords of Demonland face the witch-king Gorice XII and his sorcerers. The war pits two powers against each other with swords, witchcraft and fantastic creatures, and includes an odyssey to an enchanted mountain. The novel is a classic of epic fantasy predating Tolkien.
Translation of the original The Worm Ouroboros by Alejandro Pareja; introduction and notes by Paul Edmund Thomas; foreword by Douglas E. Winter. Edition by Círculo de Lectores printed in Barcelona in 2000.
For readers of classic epic fantasy interested in works that preceded Tolkien and in the sword and sorcery tradition.
Eric Rücker Eddison, CB, CMG was an English civil servant and author, writing epic fantasy novels under the name E. R. Eddison. His best-known works include The Worm Ouroboros (1922) and the Zimiamvian Trilogy (1935–1958).
