The Secret Crypt

The Secret Crypt is a 1968 Mexican literature cult classic that explores the identity of the founder of the Urkreis sect through initiation rites, sacrificial murder, conspiracy, and delirium. The narrative blurs the lines between the author and the narrator, creating an unclassifiable masterpiece.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 148 pages
Publication date: 20 October 2022
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

Originally published in 1968, The Secret Crypt is a cult classic in Mexican literature. Elizondo's impassioned, breathless prose launches the reader into a labyrinth that is also a hall of mirrors. Here, we find a small group of characters who are part of an underground sect called Urkreis, one of whose aims is to discover the identity of the sect's founder, known only as "the Imagined." The identities of narrator, author, and characters blur into one another as the narrative moves between the two worlds of the novel and the author writing the novel—an unclassifiable masterpiece containing initiation rites, sacrificial murder, conspiracy, and delirium.

Originally published in 1968, The Secret Crypt is a cult classic in Mexican literature. Elizondo's impassioned, breathless prose launches the reader into a labyrinth that is also a hall of mirrors. Here, we find a small group of characters who are part of an underground sect called Urkreis, one of whose aims is to discover the identity of the sect's founder, known only as "the Imagined." The identities of narrator, author, and characters blur into one another as the narrative moves between the two worlds of the novel and the author writing the novel—an unclassifiable masterpiece containing initiation rites, sacrificial murder, conspiracy, and delirium.

Weight: 222g
Dimension: 139 x 217 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781628974386