The Dedalus Book of Flemish Fantasy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781903517932)

This is the eighth volume in Dedalus's highly acclaimed European literary fantasy series and follows volumes from Austrian, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.
During the nineteenth-century, Belgian literature was still largely written in the language of education, French. Then the Flemings, who inhabit the northern half of Belgium, became aware of the value of their own language, whose standardised form is, to all intents and purposes, Dutch. Modern Flemish literature was born.
This anthology incorporates fantasy stories from the early twentieth century to the present day. The types of fantasy are various: horror, mysticism and magical realism being the dominant ones. One of the early authors is Felix Timmermans who started out with horror stories, but later ended up writing his inimitable Vitalist novels. Two magic realist authors stand out: Johan Daisne and Hubert Lampo. And horror is well represented by several authors including Hugo Claus, Hugo Raes and Ward Ruyslinck - all household names in Flanders.
Interesting new authors include Annelies Verbeke and Peter Verhelst.

Author: Eric Dickens
ISBN-10: 1903517931
ISBN-13: 9781903517932
Publisher: Dedalus
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2011
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.07w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/16/2011