Published by Planeta (Colombia) and later by Seix Barral , this novel is the second volume of Mendoza’s Apocalipsis trilogy (following La locura de nuestro tiempo and preceding Akelarre ). The title is a direct play on the biblical Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), but Mendoza reinterprets it as a personal and collective revelation of the hidden, dark forces shaping modern society.
Sin embargo, con el paso del tiempo, la novela ha ganado estatus de culto. Es frecuente encontrarla en las listas de "libros que cambiaron mi vida" en foros de lectores de habla hispana. Su influencia se nota en autores jóvenes de terror literario y realismo sucio en Colombia, México y Argentina. mario mendoza el libro de las revelaciones
Like Dostoevsky’s Underground Man or H.P. Lovecraft’s tortured academics, Ángel Macías is an anti-hero. He is alienated, physically weak, and neurotic. Yet, this very fragility makes him porous. He can hear the screams of the city because he is already broken. Mendoza suggests that sanity is merely a form of blindness; to see the truth, one must first lose one's mind. Published by Planeta (Colombia) and later by Seix