Tales. They never hurt and from time to time you want to read one or a few. Classics or new voices. In a compilation or anthology or by separate. The fear, fantastic, terror, mystery... They touch all genres and, above all, they exercise us and activate the imagination. And it doesn't matter if we already know them, especially the classics, or the thousand versions we know of them. Everybody likes them the tales. This is a General review of some of those anthologies of names like Perrault, Chekhov o Poe, but also Nelson Mandela, our Emilia Brown Bazan or the greats of the most British mystery.
Mother Goose Tales - Charles Perrault
Perrault is a classic among classics. The seventeenth-century French writer compiled in this book some of the best known fairy tales as Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Blue Beard, The cat with boots, Cinderella, Riquete the one with the pompadour o Pulgarcito. For children between 3 and 100 years old.
Stories and tales - Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov is considered a story teacher and is attributed the creation of the modern story where what matters is the encouragement and symbolism more than the argument. This compilation is made up of almost 100 stories between stories and tales, from humorous pieces from his early years to the most complex of his last times. Some are: Horse surname, A bet, A murder, The beauties, The Kiss, the chameleon o Farmers.
Complete stories - Edgar Allan Poe
If we talk about stories and stories You can not miss another teacher, the American Poe. In this compilation we find 67 stories published throughout his life. In a first set we have the narrations more than terror, where the presence of the supernatural, but they also hide a metaphysical and analytical tone. And in a second group there are those who show more their reflections about him time, with stories of tone contemplative, But also satirical. This edition is also the translated by Julio Cortázar and also contains prologues de Vargas Llosa y Carlos Fuentes.
The drop of blood and other detective stories - Emilia Pardo Bazán
La Galician lady of the narrative, a work on horseback between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, also compiled in this anthology their stories nuance police and mystery. Was his interest for the cases of crimes o offenses that the one who led her to develop the genre read in the press. Thus, in his stories, he not only continues to stand out for his great narrative, but we can also see psychological nuance that gave to the investigation of that case.
Drop of blood It was published for the first time in «Los Contemporáneos», in Madrid, in the year 1911. And the other stories included appeared in periodicals in the following years: Justice?, The skeleton, Stab, The pearl, The appointment, Passing cloud, The grey hair, The trust, By sleeper car, In the prison y Towards ideals.
Tales of perfidious Albion - Various authors
Thomas godfrey collects in this book the best British authors of the crime and mystery genre. Since, of course, the great among greats that was Agatha Christie, going through, without a doubt, the mastery of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. But they are also John Dickson Carr, ruth rendel o PD James. All unfolding like fish in water of the most intricate mystery in the best mansion in the English countryside.
My African stories - Nelson Mandela
The South African leader, although he did not write them, published this anthology with a compilation of the most beautiful and ancient tales of Africa. Its 32 stories, originating from various countries such as Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia o Kenya, in addition to South Africa. In it the tradition and the universality of its messages in portraits that describe and share humanity, animals and fantastic beings. In addition, they are illustrated in color by 16 African artists with very different styles.