FRANS MASEREEL Flemish Woodcuts GUY DE MAUPASSANT Le Der Horla GERMAN BOOK

by Guy De Maupassant, Christel Gersch, FRANS MASEREEL

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img{max-width:100%} Shipping: All items will be packed safely in a sturdy package for safe shipping. We ship internationally and offer combined shipping for multiple purchases. Expedited, Priority Mail and FedEx shipping available Once payment is received, we ship your item on the next business day. Guy de Maupassant Der Horla. 10 Novellen. Deutsch von Christel Gersch. 30 Holzschnitte von Frans Masereel. Frans Masereel (31 July 1889 – 3 January 1972) was a Flemish painter and graphic artist who worked mainly in France, known especially for his woodcuts focused on political and social issues, such as war and capitalism. He completed over 40 wordless novels in his career, and among these, his greatest is generally said to be Passionate Journey. Masereel's woodcuts influenced Lynd Ward and later graphic artists such as Clifford Harper, Eric Drooker, and Otto Nückel. "The Horla" (French: Le Horla) is an 1887 short horror story written in the style of a journal by the French writer Guy de Maupassant, after an initial, much shorter version published in the newspaper Gil Blas, October 26, 1886. American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, in his survey "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (1927), provides his own interpretation of the story: Relating the advent in France of an invisible being who lives on water and milk, sways the minds of others, and seems to be the vanguard of a horde of extra-terrestrial organisms arrived on earth to subjugate and overwhelm mankind, this tense narrativ

• Publisher: Rütten u. Loening
• ISBN: 9783352003141
• Condition: Very Good

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