Gaspard de la nuit

Gaspard de la Nuit combines the haunting gothic imagery of Hoffman with the colorful romantic verve of Victor Hugo. In it, you will meet Scarbo the vampire dwarf, Ondine, the faerie princess of the waters, and an unforgettable assortment of lepers, alchemists, beggars, swordsmen and ghosts.Gaspard de la Nuit inspired Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarme, the Surrealist Movement and composer Maurice Ravel, who wrote a suite of virtuoso piano pieces patterned after it. This new edition has been entirely retranslated by renowned poet and historian Donald Sidney-Fryer, the author of Songs and Sonnets Atlantean and the editor of the definitive collections of the works of Clark Ashton Smith. In his extensive introduction and afterword, Sidney-Fryer retraces the steps in Bertrand's life, casts a new light on his works and follows the elusive Gaspard from the Three Kings of Bethlehem to Casper the Friendly Ghost.Bertrand, Aloysius is the author of 'Gaspard de la nuit' with ISBN 9780974071121 and ISBN 0974071129.