The Crazy Corner (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781612271422)

Mad scientists, parrots from Atlantis, witches, madmen, monsters, korrigans, demons, magical paintings and a water sprite trapped in a mirror are but a few of the amazing characters featured in this collection of 45 stories from the 1890s and early 1900s, aptly entitled The Crazy Corner, which maps out the frontier between madness and nightmare. Of all the late 19th century writers of contes cruels, Jean Richepin (1849-1926) was the cruelest when it came to the treatment of his characters, not so much in the nasty fates to which they were often delivered -- which are typical of the entire genre -- but in the merciless way in which he describes and characterizes them.

Author: Jean Richepin
ISBN-10: 1612271421
ISBN-13: 9781612271422
Publisher: Hollywood Comics
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.69d