Thirty Hours with a Corpse: and Other Tales of the Grand Guignol
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Thirty Hours with a Corpse: and Other Tales of the Grand Guignol
By (Author) Maurice Level
Dover Publications Inc.
Dover Publications Inc.
29th April 2016
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
843.912
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 139mm, Height 214mm, Spine 11mm
278g
Description
Characterized by gratuitous acts of brutality and surprise endings, these tales of obsession and violence are the creations of a 20th-century French writer whose works were staged by the legendary Theatre du Grand-Guignol of Paris. The precursors of modern thrillers and slasher films, the nearly 40 stories have been selected and introduced by horror specialist S. T. Joshi.
Author Bio
French author Maurice Level (1875-1926) specialized in macabre short stories that appeared in Parisian newspapers and were staged by the Theatre 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.
