Resumen y sinópsis de El dragón y el unicornio de A. A. Attanasio
Con un lenguaje desbordante de lírica y un abrumador poder imaginativo, Attanasio afronta en esta extraordinaria novela la reconstrucción de la leyenda artúrica.
Merlín y Uther Pendragón, Ygrane y la bruja Raglaw, los salvajes fiana celtas y los últimos vástagos romanos, los druidas y Bleys, el alquimista inmortal de la lejana Cathay, todo un universo de personajes fascinantes se unen aquí entre los polos simbólicos del Dragón y el Unicornio para dar forma a un concierto narrativo rebosante de magia y misterio. Lírica, suspense, humor, amor... Estos son algunos de los muchos registros con los que el autor teje esta novela sorprendente, en la que un lenguaje futurista surge del mundo arcaico de la épica.
Nacido en New Jersey en 1951 y graduado por la universidad de Pensilvania en 1973, A. A. Attanasio es sin duda uno de los grandes maestros actuales de la literatura de ficción. Radix , la primera de sus novelas, mereció el premio Cosmos 2000. Posteriormente ha publicado los títulos: In Other Worlds , Arc of the Dream , The Last Legends of Earth, Hunting the Ghost Dancer , The Moon's Wife , Reino del Grial , Arthor , Silent (con Robert S. Henderson) y The Dark Shore , que han sido contantes éxitos. El Dragón y el Unicornio es la segunda de sus obras publicada en nuestra colección.
There are always some unfilial sons in the world, ungrateful brats who treat their mothers' love like dirt.
Heaven has finally had enough.
To teach them a lesson, a demon cultivator is sent down to play their "mother."
From that day on, every unfilial son begins to tremble.
Their days of comfort and arrogance are officially over.
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World One: The Disdained Mother of the 1970s
• Her son thinks she's uneducated, her daughter-in-law eyes her savings, until she slaps them twice and teaches them what "respect" really means.
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World Two: The CEO's Annoying Mother
• She offers five million for the girlfriend to leave. The girl refuses, her son calls her cold-blooded. So she cashes the check, rewrites it into her will, and kicks him out instead.
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World Three: The "Drag" Mother
• He says she's holding him back. So she breaks his leg. Now he finally understands the meaning of "drag."
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World Four: The Abandoned Marchioness
• They tell her to accept her husband's concubine. She accepts, by divorcing him and taking the family fortune with her.
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World Five: The Ruthless Empress Dowager
• Her son says she's not gentle enough. Fine. She gives the throne to someone else and watches his world crumble.
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World Six: The Variety Show Mother-in-law
• Her son and daughter-in-law use her for clout. She exposes their hypocrisy live and becomes a beloved national star.
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World Seven: The Fortune-Telling Demon Mom (Livestream Edition)
World Eight: The Exploited Stepmother of Ancient Times
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Watch as one demon cultivator redefines motherhood, one unfilial son at a time.