Praised by Borges, the Unkind Tales of L on 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 th.
Snuggly Books The tarantulas' parlor: and other unkind tales, paperback/l on bloy
