{"product_id":"fays-of-the-sea-and-brian-stableford-9781649320544","title":"Fays of the Sea and Other Fantasies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 20 stories collected in the present volume, all written during the 19th century, may not be real contes de f es, in the sense of the classic works of the Comtesse de Murat and Madame d'Aulnoy, but they do retain conscious echoes of the originals, and despite the interference in the genre's subsequent history, they maintain residues of the same spirit as well as fragments of imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome writers developed the more broadly comic aspect of the genre; others created \"authentic\" folkloristic materials in a semi-reverent manner, while maintaining a certain contemporary relevance. Finally, a few managed to take the reborn genre of contes de f es to new extreme of symbolist fantasies in the pages of newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken together, these stories are a belated testament to the enterprise and creativity of their distinguished predecessors of the 1690s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Stableford, Emile Zola, George Sand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164932054X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781649320544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hollywood Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Brian Stableford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616784314623,"sku":"9781649320544","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c75c5d6-d5b2-4e51-b456-13241b180a75.jpg?v=1703022300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fays-of-the-sea-and-brian-stableford-9781649320544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}