by Ernst T. A. Hoffmann · Anaya Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475254111
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«Nocturnos» is a collection of gothic tales by Ernst T. A. Hoffmann, published by Anaya in paperback (335 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together eight stories of German Romanticism with a gothic and macabre atmosphere, in which the sinister and the supernatural break into everyday life. Among them are «El hombre de la arena», «La casa desolada» and «Ignaz Denner», pieces that have marked the later horror story.
First edition of 1987, Laurín collection. Originally published as «Nachtstücke». Includes illustrations by Paul Gavarni, introduction by Juan Tébar and translation by Celia and Rafael Lupiani.
For readers interested in gothic literature, classics of German Romanticism and the nineteenth-century horror story.
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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His short story "The Sandman" is seen as a pioneering work of horror fiction, while his novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi is regarded as one of the earliest examples of crime fiction.
