The Transgressionists and Other Disquieting Works: Five Tales of Weird Fiction b
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The Transgressionists and Other Disquieting Works: Five Tales of Weird Fiction b. The Transgressionists and Other Disquieting Works by Giorgio De Maria, Ramon Glazov. He fights off predatory phantoms that seem maddeningly drawn to him. Will he sacrifice love in his quest for omnipotence?. The Transgressionists and Other Disquieting Works by Giorgio De Maria, Ramon Glazov Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Before an untimely mental breakdown cut short his two-decade career, Giorgio De Maria distinguished himself as one of Italy's most unique and eccentric weird fiction masters. With a background in the post-war literary culture of Turin -- Italy's urbane but eerie "city of black magic" -- De Maria drew inspiration from the Turinese underbelly of occultism, secret societies and radical politics. His writing coincided with the decade of terrorist violence known to Italians as the Years of Lead; theoutcome was a weird fiction suffused with panic, rage, trauma, paranoia and meditations on antisocial hubris. In 1978, he told an interviewer: "...I think that the dimension of the fantastic, as much as this may seem paradoxical, is the most fitting one to express a reality as complex as ours today." De Maria's debut novel,The Transgressionists(1968)portrays a cell of malicious telepaths who meet in thecafes and jazz clubs of 1960s Turin to plot world experiencing the worst of their power, an embittered office clerk resolves to join them and prove himself worthy to share in their villainy. He cultivates twisted mindfulness techniques to awaken his inner sociopath. He fights off predatory phantoms that seem maddeningly drawn to him. He prepares for the dangerous "Great Leap" which will make him into a fully-fledged Transgressionist. But could his megalomania strain relations with his fiancee? Will he sacrifice love in his quest for omnipotence?The other works in this volume are no less surreal and Secret Death of Joseph Dzhugashvili(1976) gives us a nightmarish fantasy Soviet Union, where a dissident poet finds himself trapped in a psychological experiment conducted by Stalin himself. In The End of Everydayism, a group of futuristic artists begin using corpses as a medium -- with violent, unforeseen results. The antihero of General Trebisonda is a possibly insane commander who prepares for a war crime in an eerily deserted fortress.Available in English for the first time, this collection contains two novellas, two short stories and a dystopian teleplay,The Appeal, which the post-cyberpunk novelist Andrea Vaccaro has lauded as "worthy of the best episodes ofBlack Mirror." Meanwhile, an introduction by translatorRamonGlazov offers a detailed account of De Maria's background, creative context and thoroughly unusual life.'A disturbing, unsettling novel . . . if it had been published in English soon after its first appearance in Italian (1968), the name of Giorgio De Maria would be well-known, his novels and stories mentioned in the context of J.G. Ballard, Anna Kavan, Shirley Jackson or Robert Aickman.' - Lisa Tuttle, Nebula Award winner and author of Gabriel, Windhaven, and The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross. Details ISBN 1945863633 ISBN-13 9781945863639 Title The Transgressionists and Other Disquieting Works Author Giorgio De Maria, Ramon Glazov Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 264 Publisher Skyhorse Publishing GEItemID:174976242; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
