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Masks in the Tapestry

Jean Lorrain, one of the leading figures of the Decadent Movement, was a master of the conte cruel. Presented here, for the first time in English, are ten such tales: stories of princes and princesses; mock-fairytales that seem to pervert the innocence of their settings with a triumphant immorality, plunging the reader into an atmosphere of voluptuousness and sensuality.

-Whoever has not believed as a child, — wrote the author, -will not dream as a young man; it is necessary to think, on the threshold of life, of weaving beautiful tapestries of dreams in order to decorate our abode as winter approaches; and beautiful dreams, even when faded, make the sumptuous tapestries of December.-

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 116
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781943813377
  • Genres
  • fiction, france
  • Release date
  • 2017