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«El mundo verdadero, el del fuego original, es oscuro, palpitante, y más negro que la sangre.».- D. H. Lawrence

Lawrence en México. Lawrence en Oaxaca. Esa es la obsesión de Fernando Alday, el asesino confeso de Irene Dávila Cienfuegos, la prostituta a quien amó y a quien va a asesinar 25 años más tarde, luego de abandonar a su mujer y sus dos hijos en Estados Unidos.

Nudo de alacranes es la espeluznante confesión de un crimen pasional, pero también la historia de otra pasión irredenta: la del escritor británico D. H. Lawrence por México, por Frieda von Richtofen, por la literatura y por un sueño que acarició toda su vida: crear una colonia de artistas en algún sitio lejano, un falansterio de intelectuales afines, amigos que quisieran dejarlo todo para seguirlo en su peregrinaje y su locura, esa que, cien años más tarde, mueve a Fernando a crear su propia comuna -su ashram del amor- en el centro de Oaxaca.

Abandonar la civilización y sus costumbres, perderse en la barbarie, romper con las normas sociales que constriñen al ser humano... Nudo de alacranes destruye todo tipo de instituciones: el matrimonio, la familia, el trabajo, la religión... Con estos elementos, Urroz entrelaza dos historias: la del escritor D. H. Lawrence -históricamente fidedigna y bien documentada- y la de Fernando Alday, quien acaso tenga mucho más del propio autor.

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"The real world, that of the original flame, is dark, intense, and blacker than blood." -D. H. Lawrence

Lawrence in Mexico. Lawrence in Oaxaca. That is the obsession of Fernando Alday, the confessed killer of Irene Dávila Cienfuegos, the prostitute he loved and the one he will kill 25 years later, after abandoning his wife and two children in the United States.

Knot of Scorpions is the horrifying confession of a crime of passion, but also the story of another unredeemed passion: that of British writer D. H. Lawrence for Mexico, for Frieda von Richtofen, for literature and for a dream that he held his whole life: to create an artists' colony in some far-off place, a phalanstery of kindred intellectuals, friends who want to leave it all to follow him on his pilgrimage and his madness; that idea which, one hundred years later, moves Fernando to create his own commune--his ashram of love--in the center of Oaxaca.

Abandoning civilization and its customs, losing oneself in barbarity, breaking the social norms that constrain human beings... Knot of Scorpions destroys all types of institutions: marriage, family, work, religion... with these elements, Urroz interweaves two stories: that of D. H. Lawrence--historically accurate and well-documented--and that of Fernando Alday, who might be more like the author himself.
About the Author: Eloy Urroz (Nueva York, 1967). Es autor de las novelas Las leyes que el amor elige (1993), Las Rémoras (1996), Herir tu fiera carne (1997), Las almas abatidas (2000), Un siglo tras de mí (2004), Fricción (Alfaguara, 2008), La familia interrumpida (Alfaguara, 2011), La mujer del novelista (Alfaguara, 2014) y Demencia (Alfaguara, 2016). Junto con Ignacio Padilla y Jorge Volpi publicó Tres bosquejos del mal (1994) y con Volpi reeditó Dos novelitas poco edificantes (1997, Debolsillo 2018). Es coautor de Crack. Instrucciones de uso (2004). Ha escrito seis libros de crítica literaria: Las formas de la inteligencia amorosa: D. H. Lawrence y James Joyce (1999), La silenciosa herejía: forma y contrautopía en las novelas de Jorge Volpi (2000), Siete ensayos capitales (Taurus, 2004), Êthos, forma, deseo entre España y México (2007), La trama incesante (2015) y El ensayo del arte(2017). Su obra poética está reunida en el volumen Aparte de todo, no hay nada. Resta poética: 1984-2018 (2018). Ha publicado las crónicas políticas El hombre del tucán (1994) y El águila, la serpiente y el tucán (2000). Varias de sus novelas han sido traducidas al inglés, francés, italiano, alemán y portugués. Actualmente es profesor de literatura latinoamericana en The Citadel College, en Charleston, South Carolina.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9786073176873
  • Publisher: Prh Grupo Editorial
  • Publisher Imprint: Alfaguara
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 360
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 6073176872
  • Publisher Date: 22 Oct 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 385 gr


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