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Otra vuelta de tuerca (Novela gótica) / The Turn of the Screw (A Gothic Novel)
160 pages, Paperback
Published September 30, 2025
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Henry James
4,599 books3,954 followersHenry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
He is best known for his novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between émigré Americans, the English, and continental Europeans, such as The Portrait of a Lady. His later works, such as The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl were increasingly experimental. In describing the internal states of mind and social dynamics of his characters, James often wrote in a style in which ambiguous or contradictory motives and impressions were overlaid or juxtaposed in the discussion of a character's psyche. For their unique ambiguity, as well as for other aspects of their composition, his late works have been compared to Impressionist painting.
His novella The Turn of the Screw has garnered a reputation as the most analysed and ambiguous ghost story in the English language and remains his most widely adapted work in other media. He wrote other highly regarded ghost stories, such as "The Jolly Corner".
James published articles and books of criticism, travel, biography, autobiography, and plays. Born in the United States, James largely relocated to Europe as a young man, and eventually settled in England, becoming a British citizen in 1915, a year before his death. James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916. Jorge Luis Borges said "I have visited some literatures of East and West; I have compiled an encyclopedic compendium of fantastic literature; I have translated Kafka, Melville, and Bloy; I know of no stranger work than that of Henry James."
He is best known for his novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between émigré Americans, the English, and continental Europeans, such as The Portrait of a Lady. His later works, such as The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl were increasingly experimental. In describing the internal states of mind and social dynamics of his characters, James often wrote in a style in which ambiguous or contradictory motives and impressions were overlaid or juxtaposed in the discussion of a character's psyche. For their unique ambiguity, as well as for other aspects of their composition, his late works have been compared to Impressionist painting.
His novella The Turn of the Screw has garnered a reputation as the most analysed and ambiguous ghost story in the English language and remains his most widely adapted work in other media. He wrote other highly regarded ghost stories, such as "The Jolly Corner".
James published articles and books of criticism, travel, biography, autobiography, and plays. Born in the United States, James largely relocated to Europe as a young man, and eventually settled in England, becoming a British citizen in 1915, a year before his death. James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916. Jorge Luis Borges said "I have visited some literatures of East and West; I have compiled an encyclopedic compendium of fantastic literature; I have translated Kafka, Melville, and Bloy; I know of no stranger work than that of Henry James."
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October 13, 2025
«El otoño había hecho su aparición en Bly y había acabado con parte de la claridad. El lugar, con su cielo gris y sus guirnaldas ajadas, sus espacios desnudos y sus hojas muertas esparcidas, era como un teatro tras la representación, todo cubierto de programas arrugados. Había exactamente algo en el aire...».
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No sabía a dónde me iba a llevar esta lectura.
Conocí el libro porque me gustó la sinopsis que dieron en un grupo de lectura —una sinopsis muy breve—: una historia de “fantasmas” descrita como un juego psicológico.
Y sí, me gustó este juego que hace el escritor al dejar las ambigüedades al lector: no saber si lo que estás leyendo realmente pasó o si alguien lo alucinó.
La forma de entrar a la historia es muy típica de la época spooky season: en una tarde de otoño, lluvia y neblina, un grupo de amigos comienza a contar historias, y uno de ellos les informa que tiene en su poder una carta que podría perturbar. Así empieza la lectura.
La carta está escrita por una joven institutriz que recién ha quedado a cargo de dos niños huérfanos (Flora, de 8 años, y Miles, de 10) en una mansión sombría y alejada.
Aquí comienza el suspenso en la narración de la institutriz, pues ella relata los hechos según su percepción, dejando huecos que nos hacen dudar de los hechos.
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No sabía a dónde me iba a llevar esta lectura.
Conocí el libro porque me gustó la sinopsis que dieron en un grupo de lectura —una sinopsis muy breve—: una historia de “fantasmas” descrita como un juego psicológico.
Y sí, me gustó este juego que hace el escritor al dejar las ambigüedades al lector: no saber si lo que estás leyendo realmente pasó o si alguien lo alucinó.
La forma de entrar a la historia es muy típica de la época spooky season: en una tarde de otoño, lluvia y neblina, un grupo de amigos comienza a contar historias, y uno de ellos les informa que tiene en su poder una carta que podría perturbar. Así empieza la lectura.
La carta está escrita por una joven institutriz que recién ha quedado a cargo de dos niños huérfanos (Flora, de 8 años, y Miles, de 10) en una mansión sombría y alejada.
Aquí comienza el suspenso en la narración de la institutriz, pues ella relata los hechos según su percepción, dejando huecos que nos hacen dudar de los hechos.
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