El diario de un médico loco

by Leonid Andreyev

De la inmensa cantidad de teorías criminales, hay una que resulta tan curiosa como controvertida, y es la del médico turinés Cesare Lombroso, que identificaba al criminal tipo en base a ciertas características físicas como las asimetrías craneales y mandíbulas prominentes. Por supuesto su teoría quedó nada más que en el campo del análisis y la anécdota cuando, transcurrido el tiempo, la humanidad trasladó a la ciencia de la psiquiatría y la psicología el estudio de las causas y de la imputabilidad en materia criminal.
Y es precisamente allí, en la imputabilidad, en donde radica la fuerza de esta magnífica narración de “Andreyev”.

128 pages

Published January 1, 2013

About the author

Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Андреев; 1871-1919) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the Tsarist government. His first story published was About a Poor Student, a narrative based upon his own experiences. It was not, however, until Gorky discovered him by stories appearing in the Moscow Courier and elsewhere that Andreyevs literary career really began. His first collection of stories appeared in 1901, and sold a quarter-million copies in short time. He was hailed as a new star in Russia, where his name soon became a byword. He published his short story, In the Fog in 1902. Although he started out in the Russian vein he soon startled his readers by his eccentricities, which grew even faster than his fame. His two best known stories may be The Red Laugh (1904) and The Seven Who Were Hanged (1908). His dramas include the Symbolist plays The Life of Man (1906), Tsar Hunger (1907), Black Masks (1908), Anathema (1909) and He Who Gets Slapped (1915).

Reviews

[Sebas Jara Crespo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy interesante forma de relatar la lucha interna de una persona demente.

[Derrelicto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un hombre confiesa estar loco y haber cometido un crimen. ¿Está realmente loco?, ¿finje estar loco para no ser condenado?, ¿está loco por matar a alguien finjiendo demencia para demostrar que no puede ser condenado?