El verano de 1816 en Villa Diodati parece promisorio. Los personajes no pueden ser más ilustres: Lord Byron, Percy y Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont y el Dr. Polidori, secretario privado de Byron. Polidori es quien resulta clave para Las Piadosas. ¿Por qué? Alguien se ha fijado en él para confiarle un terrible secreto. El enigma quedará revelado por la prosa envolvente y seductora de Federico Andahazi, el autor de El Anatomista. Andahazi descubre regiones insospechadas, turbadoras de la sexualidad y construye la intriga de una verdadera novela gótica moderna en torno a personajes y situaciones que difícilmente se olvidarán.

What if?
What if what Federico writes about was true. Can you believe that? lol
Interesting plot, great language use, and style. ( )

What if?
What if what Federico writes about was true. Can you believe that? lol
Interesting plot, great language use, and style. ( )

An interesting twist on the story of the how The Vampyre and Frankenstein came to be written. Andahazi manges to write a satirical, gothic novel that is both gripping and funny. He takes the tale of Lord Byron, Mary Shelly, and Lord Byron's pathetic secretary John Polidori, who compete to write the scariest gothic story, and weaves a story about literary inspiration, lust, mediocrity and ambition. He imagines a strange and perverse origin to all of these stories, that lays bare a writer's ambition and horror of failure. A well written, charmingly strange and perverse story. I look forward to reading more of this author's work. ( )

'As Piedosas' é uma instigante, assustadora e sensacional ficção sobre o dias em que Mary Shelley escreveu seu 'Frankenstein'. A prosa do argentino Andahazi é tão hipnotizante quanto o clássico romance da Sra. Shelley e dificilmente deixará o leitor livre antes que ele siga até a última página, de assombro em assombro. ( )