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.-
- Author
- Jean Lorrain, Brian Stableford
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 116
- Publisher
- Snuggly Books
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781943813377
- Genres
- fiction, france
- Release date
- 2017
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