I'm going to have to track this down. I haven't read much Schwob, unfortunately...though a few weeks ago I read his short story "The Veiled Man" right before falling asleep (after having had lots of wine and cheese for dinner) and I had some of the most fantastically eerie dreams! I'm inclined to try this again....
Did you read "The Veiled Man" in the anthology of French "horror" Demons of the Night? I haven't read all of the available Schwob, but I think I have all his books in translation, so I'll post cover scans. There are only a few, though I think contents overlap in some of them.
Yes, it was from Demons of the Night. Till recently I always thought of Schwob as a visual artist, since I'm always up to my ears in art books, but from what I've seen his written works are really great.
Fantastic. Completely nuts. Much, but not all of this, is pinched from Tourneur's own plays, which are themselves wonderfully bizarre.
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I'm going to have to track this down. I haven't read much Schwob, unfortunately...though a few weeks ago I read his short story "The Veiled Man" right before falling asleep (after having had lots of wine and cheese for dinner) and I had some of the most fantastically eerie dreams! I'm inclined to try this again....
ReplyDeleteDid you read "The Veiled Man" in the anthology of French "horror" Demons of the Night? I haven't read all of the available Schwob, but I think I have all his books in translation, so I'll post cover scans. There are only a few, though I think contents overlap in some of them.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was from Demons of the Night. Till recently I always thought of Schwob as a visual artist, since I'm always up to my ears in art books, but from what I've seen his written works are really great.
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