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El Rey de Amarillo
He aquí una obra maestra de la ficción espectral que toma su nombre de un libro homónimo, prohibido y monstruoso, cuya lectura acarrea terror, locura y tragedia a quien se atreva a leerlo. Desde su primera publicación,
El Rey de Amarillo
se convirtió en un clásico de culto, cuya influencia es innegable en la obra de autores de la talla de H. P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti, Arthur Machen y Clark Ashton Smith, por mencionar sólo algunos.
La presente edición ofrece los relatos «El reparador de reputaciones», «La máscara», «En la Corte del Dragón», «El Signo Amarillo», «La Demoiselle d'Ys», «El Hacedor de Lunas», «Una agradable velada», «El mensajero», «La Llave del Dolor» y cierra con broche de un epílogo magistral a cargo del escritor y crítico literario S. T. Joshi. Estos relatos macabros, extraños e inquietantes representan una muestra de lo más emocionante que se ha escrito en el campo de la ficción especulativa, explorando lo supernatural, la espiritualidad y la influencia potencialmente corrosiva de la creencia en el más allá.
«Las representaciones más imaginativas y técnicamente magistrales de El Rey de Amarillo carecen del pavor y el oscuro poder que éste alcanza a través de la invocación de Chambers. De igual forma, ninguno de los autores cuya obra germina a partir del culto a este libro ha logrado reproducir la explosión de sensaciones vertiginosas del original, el borde aleteante de una percepción transformadora siempre al límite de la página. Que este libro haya resultado a la vez tan inspirador y tan resistente a la emulación puede ser la prueba más contundente de su fuerza inmortal».
Nic Pizzolatto, creador de la serie True Detective
La presente edición ofrece los relatos «El reparador de reputaciones», «La máscara», «En la Corte del Dragón», «El Signo Amarillo», «La Demoiselle d'Ys», «El Hacedor de Lunas», «Una agradable velada», «El mensajero», «La Llave del Dolor» y cierra con broche de un epílogo magistral a cargo del escritor y crítico literario S. T. Joshi. Estos relatos macabros, extraños e inquietantes representan una muestra de lo más emocionante que se ha escrito en el campo de la ficción especulativa, explorando lo supernatural, la espiritualidad y la influencia potencialmente corrosiva de la creencia en el más allá.
«Las representaciones más imaginativas y técnicamente magistrales de El Rey de Amarillo carecen del pavor y el oscuro poder que éste alcanza a través de la invocación de Chambers. De igual forma, ninguno de los autores cuya obra germina a partir del culto a este libro ha logrado reproducir la explosión de sensaciones vertiginosas del original, el borde aleteante de una percepción transformadora siempre al límite de la página. Que este libro haya resultado a la vez tan inspirador y tan resistente a la emulación puede ser la prueba más contundente de su fuerza inmortal».
Nic Pizzolatto, creador de la serie True Detective
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Published May 1, 2025
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About the author
Robert W. Chambers
1,143 books581 followersRobert William Chambers was an American artist and writer.
Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of weird short stories, connected by the theme of the fictitious drama The King in Yellow, which drives those who read it insane.
Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons and The Tree of Heaven, but neither earned him such success as The King in Yellow.
Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers was one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines.
After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.
Chambers for several years made Broadalbin his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.
On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882-1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (later calling himself Robert Husted Chambers) who also gained some fame as an author.
Chambers died at his home in the village of Broadalbin, New York, on December 16th 1933.
Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of weird short stories, connected by the theme of the fictitious drama The King in Yellow, which drives those who read it insane.
Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons and The Tree of Heaven, but neither earned him such success as The King in Yellow.
Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers was one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines.
After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.
Chambers for several years made Broadalbin his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.
On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882-1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (later calling himself Robert Husted Chambers) who also gained some fame as an author.
Chambers died at his home in the village of Broadalbin, New York, on December 16th 1933.
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November 21, 2025
En lo personal, este libro no logró atraparme. Lo sentí lento debido a las extensas descripciones de escenas y paisajes, lo que dificultó su lectura. Tampoco logré conectar con los personajes como hubiera esperado; aunque se trate de historias cortas, me pareció que les faltaba mayor trasfondo. Además, esperaba que el título tuviera una justificación más clara en el contenido, pero no fue así. En conclusión, la obra me dejó mucho que desear.
December 30, 2025
Es la mejor edición que encontré, la traducción está súper cuidada, las ilustraciones están bellísimas y todo lo que la editorial aporta al libro, se nota que lo hacen con amor
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