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by José Mariano Leyva (Author)

Me costó poco trabajo imaginar los gritos que se debieron proferir en aquel lugar. El sonido que calaba los muros reblandecidos por la humedad estaba ahí, atrapado entre el yeso. Fui hacia el centro de la habitación. No llegué muy lejos: di dos pasos, resbalé y caí de rodillas, con las manos en el suelo y el candelabro a unos metros de mí. El piso estaba mojado, pero sin luz no podía ver si era agua o sangre

Es 1901, las calles de la ciudad de México son ocupadas por excéntricos espiritistas que buscan respuestas del más allá y por escritores decadentes que protagonizan orgías. En los bajos fondos, léperos y pillos acuden a los burdeles, que huelen a opio, mientras que, a las afueras de la ciudad, los circos de esperpentos, fenómenos y dementes son la gran atracción. La psiquiatría, tenue faro que alumbra el principio de siglo, es practicada en manicomios y causante de que los cerebros de los criminales naden en frascos de formol. En medio de esta neblina de ansiedades, el doctor Servando de Lizardi, un respetado frenólogo, es el encargado de resolver el brutal asesinato de una mujer y de entrevistar a la única testigo del crimen: Ángela, una niña de apenas siete años que no puede recordar lo que vio.

Lo que los monstruos nos hicieron es un fascinante thriller histórico que recupera el ambiente cultural y científico de la época. Una novela polifónica brillantemente escrita que acentúa el misterio detrás de las mentes perturbadas.

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It wasn't hard for me to imagine the cries that must have split the air in this space. Their echoes had seeped into the damp walls, trapped within the layers of plaster. I walked toward the center of the room. I could go no farther; I took two steps and fell to my knees, dropping the candelabra, which rolled a few meters away. The floor was wet, but without the light I couldn't tell if it was water or blood.

The year is 1901. Mexico City is under the sway of eccentric spiritualists looking for answers from the beyond and decadent writers whose orgies go on until dawn. At the lowest level of society, the brothels reek of opium and are full of lepers and thieves, while the outskirts of the city boast circuses where freaks and lunatics are the main attractions. Doctors in the city's mental asylums are experimenting with the nascent science of psychiatry, storing the brains of criminals in formaldehyde-filled jars. In this unsettling and insalubrious environment, Dr. Servando de Lizardi, a respected phrenologist, is charged with solving a brutal murder and questioning the only witness to the crime: Ángela, a seven-year-old girl who can't remember what she saw.

What the Monsters Did to Us is a historic thriller that recreates the cultural and scientific environment of early twentieth-century Mexico City, a brilliantly written polyphonic novel that accentuates the mysteries contained within disturbed minds.

Author Biography

José Mariano Leyva (Cuernavaca, 1975). Ensayista y narrador, maestro en Historia por la UNAM. Investigador de tiempo completo en la Dirección de Estudios Históricos (INAH), colaborador en varias revistas y suplementos literarios, así como becario del Sistema Nacional de Creadores (2013-2015). Obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Novela José Rubén Romero por Imbéciles Anónimos (Mondadori, 2011). También ha publicado la novela La casa inundada (Literatura Random House, 2016), el libro de ensayos El ocaso de los espíritus. El espiritismo en México en el siglo xix (1999), El Complejo Fitzgerald (2008) y Perversos y pesimistas. Los escritores decadentes mexicanos en el nacimiento de la modernidad (2013). Asimismo, ha escrito dos libros de historia para niños. Fue director del Fideicomiso Centro Histórico de la CDMX (2015-2018) y actualmente dirige la Biblioteca Vasconcelos y la Biblioteca de México.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9 x 5.8 IN
Publication Date: December 12, 2023
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