| Thirty Hours with a Corpse: And Other Tales of the Grand Guignol Contributor(s): Level, Maurice (Author), Joshi, S. T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486802329 ISBN-13: 9780486802329 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Horror - General - Fiction | Fantasy - Dark Fantasy - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: 843.912 |
| LCCN: 2015031477 |
| Series: Dover Horror Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Th tre 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. |