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Ya pasaron los sustos de Halloween, pero antes de que llegue la Navidad, el mes de noviembre es ideal para acercarse al género de terror en el cine y en la literatura, un género que gana más adeptos cada día. Ese es precisamente nuestro tema destacado del mes.

Considerado con frecuencia un género menor tanto en la literatura como en el cine, el género de terror, que también cuenta con obras maestras, nos ha hecho disfrutar a todos del placer del miedo. Acércate a nuestra biblioteca y descubre por qué.

For this month, the library suggests a selection of horror books and films. Horror genre is often considered a minor subject in literature and cinema. As we have just survived Halloween and once again we were scared to death, we would like to vindicate the quality of many of the books and movies specially created to be enjoyed while we are frightened.

In fact, and opposite to what happens in other sub-genres as Science Fiction or Fantastic Literarure, where we can find writers focussed on writing exclusively this kind of books, the horror genre has always attracted a wide variety of writers who have made punctual contributions to the genre, especially with short-stories.

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