Fiction´s Masks
Original title: Máscaras de la ficción
A fascinating journey into the hearts of the most emblematic, mythical characters generated by western culture over the last two centuries: Frankenstein, Carmen, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Jekyll, Lulú, Pinocchio, Alice, Flash Gordon, Lolita, Ahab, Superman, Dorian Gray, Dr. Caligary, Dracula, Indiana Jones... Virtual characters who have been spinning our collective dreams, either on paper or on the screen. The book unveils its roots in deep, human archaic fantasies, which allow us to understand some of the most embryonic obsessions of our culture.
"Máscaras de la ficción is a book of great richness, of subtle approaches and of an abundance of material, which allows us to understand our own patterns of behaviour, the origins of our fantasies and, therefore, the mythopoetic components on which our reality is founded". El Mundo
"In all the examples revised, we find a reformulation of the most important questions about reality" ABC
" A true masterpiece, another one, by Gubern". Interviú
"A generous invitation to reading, in its widest sense, of all those stories that are the foundation of our collective imagery". Qué Leer
A fascinating journey into the hearts of the most emblematic, mythical characters generated by western culture over the last two centuries: Frankenstein, Carmen, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Jekyll, Lulú, Pinocchio, Alice, Flash Gordon, Lolita, Ahab, Superman, Dorian Gray, Dr. Caligary, Dracula, Indiana Jones... Virtual characters who have been spinning our collective dreams, either on paper or on the screen. The book unveils its roots in deep, human archaic fantasies, which allow us to understand some of the most embryonic obsessions of our culture.
"Máscaras de la ficción is a book of great richness, of subtle approaches and of an abundance of material, which allows us to understand our own patterns of behaviour, the origins of our fantasies and, therefore, the mythopoetic components on which our reality is founded". El Mundo
"In all the examples revised, we find a reformulation of the most important questions about reality" ABC
" A true masterpiece, another one, by Gubern". Interviú
"A generous invitation to reading, in its widest sense, of all those stories that are the foundation of our collective imagery". Qué Leer
