Fantastic Tales

Visionary And Everyday

AvItalo Calvino,Italo Calvino

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Del i serien Penguin Modern Classics

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Beskrivning

From fabulous enchantments and supernatural horrors to subtler, more psychological terrors, the best of nineteenth-century fantastic literature is collected here by Italo Calvino. These mysterious and macabre tales include Hoffmann's nightmarish 'The Sandman', Poe's terrifying 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and Dickens's chilling ghost story 'The Signal-Man', and relatively unknown works from celebrated writers including Honoré de Balzac, Henry James, Sir Walter Scott, Guy de Maupassant and Robert Louis Stevenson, alongside lesser-known contributors. Each story comes with a fascinating introduction by Calvino.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-05-28
Mått:130 x 198 x 33 mm
Vikt:447 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Penguin Modern Classics
Antal sidor:608
Förlag:Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:9780141190129

Utforska kategorier

Klassiska romaner/Klassiker inom Skönlitteratur
Noveller inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. He was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985.

Recensioner i media

'Describes imaginary worlds with the most extraordinary precision and beauty' - Gore Vidal 'One of the most playful, intelligent and inventive minds in the whole of European fiction' - Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday