Drácula de Bram Stoker visto por Francis Ford Coppola

by Fred Saberhagen

Hito imperecedero del género de terror, Drácula cataliza los aspectos más oscuros e inquietantes del alma humana.Llevada de nuevo al cine por Francis Ford Coppola en una gran película del mismo título, esta versión profundiza las facetas eróticas y psicológicas del personaje, al tiempo que recrea un sobrecogedor mundo de obsesiones, sexo e inmortalidad... en el S. XV, la amada del príncipe Drácula se suicida a causa de crueles circunstancias. El príncipe no se resigna a perderla para siempre y se sume en una desgarradora búsqueda por los confines de la vida y la muerte.Cuatro siglos más tarde, el vampiro reencuentra a su amada en la persona de una atractiva joven británica. Y para llegar a poseerla no vacila en desencadenar una pavorosa orgía de sangre, horror y locura en su tenebroso castillo de Transilvania y en las brumosas calles del Londres finisecular.Criatura espeluznante y cautivadora, Drácula encarna los poderes de la noche y seduce con la secreta atracción que ejercen los sentimientos inconfesables.De ahí que la lectura de este libro depare un placer tan irresistible como perverso.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Fred Saberhagen was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his ''Beserker'' and Dracula stories.

Saberhagen also wrote a series of a series of post-apocalyptic mytho-magical novels beginning with his popular ''Empire of the East'' and continuing through a long series of ''Swords'' and ''Lost Swords'' novels. Saberhagen died of cancer, in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Saberhagen was born in and grew up in the area of Chicago, Illinois. Saberhagen served in the [[U.S. Air Force]] during the Korean War while he was in his early twenties. Back in civilian life, Saberhagen worked as an It was while he was working for Motorola (after his military service) that Saberhagen started writing fiction seriously at the age of about 30. "Fortress Ship", his first "Berserker" short shory, was published in 1963. Then, in 1964, Saberhagen saw the publication of his first novel, ''The Golden People''.

From 1967 to 1973, he worked as an editor for the Chemistry articles in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as well as writing its article on science fiction. He then quit and took up writing full-time. In 1975, he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He married fellow writer Joan Spicci in 1968. They had two sons and a daughter.