Name: Clarimonde
SKU: 57667110
Price: 772.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Hearn, Lafcadio ; Gautier, Theophile
ISBN: 9781718791596

Type

Physical Book

Author

Théophile Gautier

Translated by

Lafcadio Hearn

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x12.7x0.3 cm

Weight

0.07 kg.

ISBN13

9781718791596

Synopsis "Clarimonde"

It is fascinating story about mad, no-right-no-wrong passion between Romuald, a young priest and the story s narrator, and Clarimonde, a supernaturally beautiful courtesan and vampire. Gautier s imagery and writing are gorgeous and never seedy, despite Clarimonde s prostitution and references to her "impure", orgy-filled life, and in her sumptuous Romantic elegance, Clarimonde is more interesting than most modern vampires.

Lafcadio Hearn

(Translated by)

View Author's Page

(Greece 1850 - Japan 1904), born in Greece to an Irish father and Greek mother, he was raised between Greece and Ireland. At the age of nineteen, he moved to the United States to start his journalism career and later to Japan in 1890, where he would spend the rest of his life as a teacher and writer. He is noted for his narrative and descriptive talent both in his journalistic and literary work. He was one of the first Europeans to introduce Japanese culture to Western readers. His long stay in Japan, combined with his deep knowledge of Japanese culture and traditions and his poetic imagination and narrative style, have secured him a privileged place in the reading community and an even more privileged place in the hearts of the Japanese.

See less