Sinopsis
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
“A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone … elegant and genuinely unsettling.” –The New York Times Book Review
Strange doings in and around a sanitarium expose the horrors that lie beneath the most hallowed ideas
September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone—or something—seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target.
A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, with signature boldness, inventiveness, humor, and bravura.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
“A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone … elegant and genuinely unsettling.” –The New York Times Book Review
Strange doings in and around a sanitarium expose the horrors that lie beneath the most hallowed ideas
September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone—or something—seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he tries to unravel both the truths within himself and the mystery of the sinister forces beyond, that they have already chosen their next target.
A century after the publication of The Magic Mountain, Olga Tokarczuk revisits Thomas Mann territory and lays claim to it, with signature boldness, inventiveness, humor, and bravura.
eReader Vivlio Light 6 con 10 € de descuento
Disfruta de tus lecturas este otoño con el eReader Vivlio Light 6 y ahorra 10 €. Oferta válida hasta el 5 de octubre o hasta agotar existencias (250 unidades).
Léelo en cualquier dispositivo
Ficha Técnica
Editorial: Riverhead Books
ISBN: 9780593712962
Idioma: Inglés
Fecha de lanzamiento: 24/09/2024
Especificaciones del producto
Recibe novedades de Olga Tokarczuk directamente en tu email
Reseñas sobre The Empusium
Comparte tu experiencia con la comunidad lectora.
0 Reseñas
5 0
4 0
3 0
2 0
1 0
Sólo por opinar entras en el sorteo mensual de tres tarjetas regalo valoradas en
20€
Publicar una opinión supone haber leído y aceptado las
bases del sorteo
"Tu opinión tiene premio".