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Pobres criaturas

Pobres criaturas

Alasdair Gray

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Libros Walden publishes Pobres criaturas (Poor Things), a novel by Alasdair Gray that has been unavailable in Spain for a quarter of a century. Its recent film adaptation, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Favourite, Dogtooth), and starring Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe, won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and is a strong contender for the Oscars.

Who is the beautiful and passionate Bella Baxter who has captivated Archibald McCandless? Is it true that she is the long-lost niece of Godwin Baxter? And what does all of this have to do with the body pulled from the River Clyde? Pobres criaturas is a tale of dark love and daring scientific experiments, leading readers from a private operating room in Glasgow through Parisian brothels, criminal underworlds, churches, and the lavish European casinos where cynical characters gamble until their fingers bleed.

This hilarious yet thought-provoking novel, in the hands of a great talent like Alasdair Gray (author of the magnificent Lanark, among other works published in Spain), becomes the finest of "monster stories" and a bold, provocative political allegory about human desire and women's independence.

A major novel, winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize.

Translation: Francisco Segovia
Cover and interior illustrations: Alasdair Gray

"Pobres criaturas," a novel that transforms Victorian female sexuality into barbs. Glasgow is well worth a mass. – Federico Lidia
Visionary, baroque, and scandalous. – The Independent
Witty and delightfully well-written. – The New York Times
The best Scottish writer since Sir Walter Scott. – Anthony Burgess

344 pages
12 x 19 cm
Softcover binding

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Libros Walden publica Pobres criaturas, novela de Alasdair Gray inencontrable en España desde hace un cuarto de siglo y cuya adaptación al cine dirigida por Yorgos Lanthimos (Langosta, La favorita o Canino) y con las interpretaciones de Emma Stone y Willem Dafoe, se alzó con el León de Oro en el pasado Festival de Venecia y suena como favorita para los Oscar.

¿Quién es la hermosa y apasionada Bella Baxter que ha cautivado a Archibald McCandless? ¿Es cierta la historia de que es la sobrina perdida de Godwin Baxter? ¿Qué relación tiene todo esto con el cadáver sacado del río Clyde? Pobres criaturas es una historia de oscuro amor y audaces experimentos científicos que conducirán al lector desde la sala de un quirófano privado en Glasgow pasando por burdeles parisinos, bajos fondos e iglesias hasta los reputados casinos europeos donde, cínicos personajes apuestan hasta herirse los dedos.

Esta hilarante a la par que interesante novela, en manos de un gran talento como el de Alasdair Gray (autor de la magnífica Lanark, entre otras obras publicadas en España) se convierte en la mejor de las ‘historias de monstruos’, además de en una sólida y provocadora alegoría política acerca del deseo del hombre y la independencia de la mujer. 

Una gran novela, ganadora del Whitbread Novel Award y del Guardian Fiction Prize.

Traducción: Francisco Segovia Ilustración de portada e interiores: Alasdair Gray  

"Pobres criaturas", novela que transforma en púas la sexualidad femenina victoriana. Glasgow bien vale una misa - Federico Lidia
Visionario, barroco y escandaloso - The Independent
Ingenioso y deliciosamente bien escrito - The New York Times
El mejor escritor escocés desde Sir Walter Scott - Anthony Burgess   

344 páginas 12 x 19 cm
Encuadernación en rústica
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About — Libros Walden is an eclectic publishing house based in Madrid releasing fiction books (by young spanish and international cult authors), as well as books on music, cinema, and underground culture, in addition to comics and art posterzines.

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