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Los Poderes de la Oscuridad/ Powers of Darkness : The Lost Version of Dracula - Stoker Bram

Los Poderes de la Oscuridad/ Powers of Darkness

The Lost Version of Dracula

By: Stoker Bram, Valdimar Asmundsson

Hardcover | 27 February 2018

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La versión perdida de Drácula, que Bram Stoker reescribió con el primer traductor de la obra y a la vez editor en Islandia.

En 1900 el editor y escritor Valdimar Ásmundsson se propuso traducir, por primera vez en la historia, la que se convertiría en la gran obra de la literatura gótica: Drácula, de Bram Stoker. Sin embargo, Ásmundsson no solo tradujo Drácula sino que, con la ayuda del propio autor, escribió una versión distinta de la historia, con nuevos personajes y una trama totalmente reconstruida. Más corta, más oscura y más erótica, esta obra escrita a cuatro manos se tituló Makt Myrkranna (Los poderes de la oscuridad).

Makt Myrkranna se publicó en Islandia en 1901 y contó con un prefacio de Bram Stoker, pero el texto permaneció perdido hasta que, en 2014, fue descubierto por el investigador Hans Corneel de Roos. Por fin ve la luz Los poderes de la oscuridad, la versión de Drácula que reimaginaron Stoker y Ásmundsson y se escondía del mundo en Islandia... hasta ahora.

Ampliamente anotada por De Ross, la presente edición proporciona al lector el fascinante contexto histórico, cultural y literario de uno de los clásicos indiscutibles de la literatura universal. Cuenta, además, con un prefacio de Dacre Stoker, descendiente de Bram Stoker, y con un epílogo de John Edgar Browning, especialista internacionalmente reconocido en literatura de terror y vampirismo. El resultado es un increíble descubrimiento literario.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The first-ever translation into English of a newly discovered Icelandic adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic gothic novel, Dracula

"With the discovery of its vast differences from Dracula, [Powers of Darkness] will have a lasting effect on the world of vampire studies." - John Williams, The New York Times Book Review

Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker’s world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, "Powers of Darkness"), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered outside of the country until 1986, when Dracula scholarship was astonished by the discovery of Stoker’s preface to the book. However, no one looked beyond the preface and deeper into Ásmundsson’s story.

In 2014, literary researcher Hans de Roos dove into the full text of Makt Myrkranna, only to discover that Ásmundsson hadn’t merely translated Dracula but had penned an entirely new version of the story, with all new characters and a totally re-worked plot. The resulting narrative is one that is shorter, punchier, more erotic, and perhaps even more suspenseful than Stoker’s Dracula. Incredibly, Makt Myrkranna has never been translated or even read outside of Iceland until now.

Powers of Darkness presents the first ever translation into English of Stoker and Ásmundsson’s Makt Myrkranna. With marginal annotations by de Roos providing readers with fascinating historical, cultural, and literary context; a foreword by Dacre Stoker, Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew and bestselling author; and an afterword by Dracula scholar John Edgar Browning, Powers of Darkness will amaze and entertain legions of fans of Gothic literature, horror, and vampire fiction.
Industry Reviews
�El descubrimiento m�s sorprendente sobre Dr�cula que ha habido en este siglo.� LitHub

�Una vuelta de tuerca a un cl�sico que los fans del libro y del g�nero no querr�n perderse.�

San Francisco Book Review

�Una agradable y extra�a curiosidad en forma de libro.�

The Guardian

�Una mirada reveladora sobre el acto de la interpretaci�n literaria.�

Publishers Weekly

�Los poderes de la oscuridad tendr� un efecto duradero en el mundo de los estudios vamp�ricos.�

New York Times Book Review

�Un incre�ble descubrimiento.�

National Post

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