Thirty Hours With a Corpse: And Other Tales of the Grand Guignol - Brossura

Level, Maurice

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486802329 ISBN 13: 9780486802329

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2016

Riassunto

Characterized by gratuitous acts of brutality and surprise endings, these tales of obsession and violence are the creations of a twentieth-century French writer whose works were staged by the legendary Théâtre du Grand-Guignol of Paris. The precursors of modern thrillers and slasher films, these stories have been specially selected for this edition and introduced by horror specialist S. T. Joshi.
Thirty-nine conte cruel ("cruel tales") include "In the Light of the Red Lamp," in which a husband's photographs of his dead wife reveal a deeper tragedy; "Fascination," the tale of a morbid passion that develops when the narrator, determined to stay at home, shoots his mistress for the sake of peace and quiet; and "The Bastard," concerning a father's suspicions about his son's paternity. Other stories include "The Taint," a view of infanticide as mercy-killing; "The Test," in which an accused murderer is forced to reenact his crime; and "A Maniac," recounting a thrill-seeker's ghoulish impulse to witness death-defying stunts gone wrong.

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L'autore:

French author Maurice Level (1875–1926) specialized in macabre short stories that appeared in Parisian newspapers and were staged by the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, a repertory company famed for its gory melodramas.
S. T. Joshi is a literary critic, novelist, and a leading figure in the study of H. P. Lovecraft and other authors of weird and fantastic fiction.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0486802329
• ISBN 13: 9780486802329
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 214
• Redattore: Joshi S. T.