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La Maldición del Marqués de Sade: Un Manuscrito Mítico, Un Canalla Infame Y El Mayor Escándalo de la Historia de la Literatura / The Curse of the Marq [Spanish]
La trepidante odisea del manuscrito maldito del Marqu s de Sade, una obra descrita como el evangelio del mal
A primera hora de una ma ana de noviembre 2014, dos semanas antes del bicentenario de la muerte del marqu s de Sade, veinte polic as de paisano salieron de entre la niebla y atravesaron las imponentes puertas rojas del gran Museo de Cartas y Manuscritos de Par s. El hombre al que buscaban era G rard Lh ritier, el rey de los manuscritos , acusado de hundir la venerable industria anticuaria francesa con una presunta estafa piramidal valorada en cientos de millones de euros. Durante a os, este empresario hab a estado comprando manuscritos hist ricos y su fondo acapar obras escritas por personajes como Napole n, Einstein y otros. Pero el manuscrito que precipit su ca da fue una cosa diminuta de poco m s de diez cent metros de ancho; un ajustado pergamino de escritura tan min scula que es casi imposible de leer. Una obra que, seg n algunos, incluido Lh ritier, est maldita.
Joel Warner nos relata la trepidante historia de este manuscrito, Los 120 d as de Sodoma o la escuela de libertinaje, escrito por Sade durante su estancia en la prisi n de la Bastilla. Este arist crata del siglo XVIII hab a emprendido una campa a de caos y libertinaje en toda Francia. Tras la toma de la Bastilla, el manuscrito original empez su aventura: una odisea a lo largo de varios siglos por toda Europa, pasando de coleccionistas de libros prohibidos en el siglo XIX a investigadores sexuales pioneros y artistas de vanguardia antes de ser escondido de la quema de libros nazi y llegar, posteriormente, a manos de Lh ritier.
Repleta de enga os y esc ndalos, La maldici n del marqu s de Sade entreteje la odisea arrolladora de una obra que algunos han descrito como el evangelio del mal . Cuando Sade empez su escritura aquella noche de octubre de 1785 sab a exactamente qu estaba escribiendo, como se alaba en la introducci n de la novela: Es ahora, querido lector, cuando tienes que preparar tu coraz n y tu esp ritu para el relato m s impuro que haya sido creado desde que el mundo existe .
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The thrilling odyssey of the cursed manuscript of the Marquis de Sade, a work described as "the gospel of evil."
In the early morning of November 2014, two weeks before the bicentennial of the Marquis de Sade's death, twenty plainclothes policemen emerged from the fog and passed through the imposing red doors of the great Museum of Letters and Manuscripts in Paris. The man they were looking for was G rard Lh ritier, the "king of manuscripts," accused of sinking the venerable French antiquarian industry with an alleged pyramid scheme valued at hundreds of millions of euros. For years, this businessman had been buying historical manuscripts, and his collection included works written by figures like Napoleon, Einstein, and others. But the manuscript that precipitated his downfall was a tiny thing just over ten centimeters wide; a tight scroll of writing so minuscule that it is almost impossible to read. A work that, according to some, including Lh ritier, is cursed.
Joel Warner tells us the thrilling story of this manuscript, The 120 Days of Sodom or The School of Libertinage, written by Sade during his stay in the Bastille prison. This 18th-century aristocrat had embarked on a campaign of chaos and libertinage throughout France. After the storming of the Bastille, the original manuscript began its adventure: an odyssey spanning several centuries across Europe, passing from 19th-century forbidden book collectors to pioneering sex researchers and avant-garde artists before being hidden from Nazi book burnings and eventually ending up in Lh ritier's hands.
Full of deceptions and scandals, The Curse of the Marquis de Sade weaves together the overwhelming odyssey of a work that some have described as "the gospel of evil." When Sade began writing that night in October 1785, he knew exactly what he was creating, as he noted in the novel's introduction: "It is now, dear reader, that you must prepare your heart and spirit for the most impure tale that has been created since the world began."
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