{"product_id":"strange-forces","title":"Strange Forces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if nature holds powers that turn a laboratory into a place of dread?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Strange Forces, Leopoldo Lugones brings science, myth and the occult onto the same stage. A scientist pursues a hidden power in nature. In Yzur, a stubborn experimenter tries to teach a monkey to speak, convinced that apes choose silence to escape work. The search for knowledge becomes an encounter with something no one fully understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Horses of Abdera turns an old Greek legend into a city's struggle with its own prized animals. The Rain of Fire retells the biblical destruction of Gomorrah as cosmic horror. After the tales, a closing essay presents Lugones's account of the universe's beginnings through a series of lessons, carrying the collection's questions from strange creatures to the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe silence of Yzur\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a monkey whose silence draws a determined man into an unsettling experiment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA city faces fear\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter Abdera, where horses act together and leave citizens facing a danger they cannot explain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFire from the sky\u003c\/strong\u003e – Experience a biblical tale through the dread and wonder of cosmic horror.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScience meets the occult\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore a world where scientific inquiry and hidden forces share the same ground.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA vision of beginnings\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the closing essay beyond the tales into Lugones's vision of the cosmos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of early science fiction, weird tales and Latin American fantasy, especially those curious about Borges's forerunners and drawn to rich, ornate prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and step into Lugones's world of strange creatures, lonely thinkers and unexplained forces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534709752156,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/12000_en_ebook-front_c04.jpg?v=1792175118","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/strange-forces","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}