Un terror sagrado Un habitante de Carcosa

Escrito por Ambrose Bierce

Narrado por Víctor Prieto

Un terror sagrado: Llega a un poblado de buscadores de oro, antaño muy próspero, un buscador del precioso metal, que, entre otras cosas, y llevado por la curiosidad trata de descubrir la tumba de una mujer de mala vida convencido de que junto a ella hay enterrado un tesoro.
Algún tiempo después, un antiguo minero que también había trabajado en dicho poblado, y que se había hecho millonario, pasa por el poblado en compañía de su refinada esposa y unos amigos. Revive algunas experiencias sufridas en el lugar. Su esposa víctima de una malsana curiosidad, trata de desentrañar un misterio, pero las consecuencias se revelarán fatales...
Un habitante de Carcosa: Un hombre perdido en el desierto, víctima de la fiebre, cree haber encontrado una antigua ciudad. Entre el delirio y la fantasía cree vivir alucinaciones que no es capaz de distinguir de la realidad. Más tarde, descubrirá dónde está realmente.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Editorial Libervox Audio
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 1 ene 2014
• ISBN: 9788416080953

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American novelist and short story writer. Born in Meigs County, Ohio, Bierce was raised Indiana in a poor family who treasured literature and extolled the value of education. Despite this, he left school at 15 to work as a printer’s apprentice, otherwise known as a “devil”, for the Northern Indianan, an abolitionist newspaper. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union infantry and was present at some of the conflict’s most harrowing events, including the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. During the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in 1864, Bierce—by then a lieutenant—suffered a serious brain injury and was discharged the following year. After a brief re-enlistment, he resigned from the Army and settled in San Francisco, where he worked for years as a newspaper editor and crime reporter. In addition to his career in journalism, Bierce wrote a series of realist stories including “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and “Chickamauga,” which depict the brutalities of warfare while emphasizing the psychological implications of violence. In 1906, he published The Devil’s Dictionary, a satirical dictionary compiled from numerous installments written over several decades for newspapers and magazines. In 1913, he accompanied Pancho Villa’s army as an observer of the Mexican Revolution and disappeared without a trace at the age of 71.