{"product_id":"tenebrarium-tentaculo","title":"Tenebrarium","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eOur review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor us, Pilar Pedraza is the \u003cb\u003egrand dame of gothic and the strange\u003c\/b\u003e in Spain. Reading her is always a privilege, and this book is proof. \u003ci\u003eTenebrarium\u003c\/i\u003e is not an anthology of short stories, but something perhaps more valuable: \u003cb\u003ethe author herself dissecting terror.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together her reflections and essays on the fantastic. It is a journey through the figures that make up the \u003cb\u003ehistory of misogyny in Western culture\u003c\/b\u003e, exploring the fears and desires that patriarchy projects onto women through the sinister. Pedraza reflects on corpses, monstrosities, madmen, incubi, vampiras, and dolls, revisiting her favorite themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a fragmented book, like our own era, that invites us to understand \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e what scares us, scares us. A \u003cb\u003eValdemar gem\u003c\/b\u003e essential for understanding the secret history of fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBook details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenebrarium\u003c\/i\u003e is not merely a collection of texts, but a journey through the projections of the fantastic and new terrors. Pilar Pedraza's essayistic work forms a kind of history of misogyny, using figures of the fantastic feminine to reflect on the fears and desires that patriarchal culture projects onto women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume is divided into four parts:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCorpses and Skeletons:\u003c\/b\u003e An exhibition on the fascination with death and the dead body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonstrosities, Madmen, and Incubi:\u003c\/b\u003e A reminder that \"real monsters of flesh and blood exist,\" anomalous beings turned into a spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sinister Feminine:\u003c\/b\u003e A reflection on old women, vampires, or companion dolls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFantastic Drifts: \u003c\/strong\u003eWhere new terrors are reached starting from ancient myths. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePilar Pedraza (Toledo, 1951) is one of the most important horror and fantastic writers in Spain. She holds a doctorate in History and has been a professor at the University of Valencia. She has mastered the genre, writing novels such as \u003ci\u003eLa perra de Alejandría\u003c\/i\u003e and short story collections such as \u003ci\u003eArcano Trece\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essayistic work, like this \u003ci\u003eTenebrarium\u003c\/i\u003e, is fundamental to understanding the cultural history of the sinister and the fantastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnical Data\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pilar Pedraza\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valdemar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788477029687\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Valdemar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55195366424902,"sku":"Est9\/Bal6","price":21.85,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/5590\/3302\/files\/TenebrariumA.webp?v=1761927352","url":"https:\/\/libreriacasadrojan.com\/en\/products\/tenebrarium-tentaculo","provider":"Librería Casa Drojan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}