Whiskey Tales (French: Les Contes du whisky) is a 1925 short story collection by the Belgian writer Jean Ray. It was Ray's first published book and the stories are speculative fiction.
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| Author | Jean Ray |
|---|---|
| Original title | Les Contes du whisky |
| Translator | Scott Nicolay |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | La Renaissance du livre |
Publication date | 1925 |
| Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 2019 |
| Pages | 217 |
The book was published by La Renaissance du livre in 1925 and became Ray's first breakthrough, leading to comparisons to Edgar Allan Poe.[1][2] It was published in Scott Nicolay's English translation in 2019.[3]
Contents
edit- "Irish whiskey"
- "At midnight"
- "The name of the boat"
- "A Whitechapel fairy tale"
- "Herbert's fortune"
- "In the Fenn marshes"
- "One night in Camberwell"
- "Belovéd little wife with the scent of Verbena"
- "Poppelreiter's salmon"
- "Over drinks"
- "Josuah Güllick, pawnbroker"
- "Vengeance"
- "My dead friend"
- "The crocodile"
- "A hand"
- "The last gulp"
References
edit- ^ ""Les contes du whisky" de Jean Ray" (in French). France Culture. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Poe Abroad: Influence Reputation Affinities. 1999. p. 48. ISBN 0-87745-697-6.
- ^ Bilmes, Leonid (2 March 2019). "More Than the Belgian Poe: The Overdue Return of Jean Ray's "Whiskey Tales"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 13 May 2024.