The first Gothic tales published in the Italian language, Tarchetti's eerie stories recall those of the supreme writers of the genre—Edgar Allan Poe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Mary ShelleyA macabre evocation of obsessive love beyond the grave, a nobleman possessed by the soul of a servant girl, a man's mysterious phobia of the letter U, and the unexpected gift of everlasting life becoming a dreaded, endless curse—these are just some of the themes contained in this collection of Tarchetti's shorter fiction.

The Fantastic Tales

Literature & Fiction

Tarchetti, Iginio Ugo

Genre Fiction

Alma Books

Fosca (Italian Edition)

Classics

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Contemporary

<p>"Racconti umoristici" from Iginio Ugo Tarchetti. Scrittore, poeta e giornalista italiano (1839-1869).</p>

Racconti umoristici (Perfect Library) (Italian Edition)

Poetry

Fantastic Tales

<p>Lawrence Venuti, winner of a Guggenheim fellowship and the Global Humanities Translation Prize, among many other awards, has translated into English these Italian Gothic tales of obsessive love, mysterious phobias, and the hellish curse of everlasting life.\nIn this collection of nine eerie stories, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti switches effortlessly between the macabre and the breezily comical. Set in nineteenth-century Italy, his characters court spirits and blend in with the undead: passionate romances filled with jealousy and devotion are fueled by magic elixirs. Time becomes fluid as characters travel between centuries, chasing affairs that never quite prosper. First published by Mercury House in 1992.</p>

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Archipelago

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