The Tarantulas' Parlor: and Other Unkind Tales - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781943813155

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by Léon Bloy (Author), Brian Stableford (Translator)

Praised by Borges, the Unkind Tales of Léon Bloy were produced in a phase of literary evolution that was exploratory and experimental, and hence intrinsically exciting. Lingering on the frontiers of Decadence, Naturalism, and Symbolism, these stories of the damned and the foolish, of terrible fates and ludicrous situations, helped map out the terrain of the conte cruel and are, probably, the author's most noteworthy work.

In this, an authoritative translation of the volume originally published as Histories désobligeantes, Brian Stableford, in both his insightful introduction and his superb rendering of the tales, shines a much-needed light on Bloy's savage genius.

Number of Pages: 248

Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

Publication Date: October 17, 2016

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