by Ambrose Bierce · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420654904
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Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary" is a satirical work that offers biting and ironic definitions of common words, revealing the hypocrisy and contradictions of society. With an acidic style and black humor, Bierce criticizes institutions, social conventions, and human nature, offering a pessimistic and provocative vision of the world. This edition, translated by Aitor Ibarrola-Armendariz, presents a careful selection of the author's most ingenious and biting definitions, inviting reflection and debate.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that "he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produced, and in this regard can take his place with such figures as Juvenal, Swift, and Voltaire." His war stories influenced Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway and others, and he was considered an influential and feared literary critic. In recent decades, Bierce has gained wider respect as a fabulist and poet.
