Double/Double (1987) [Anthology]
by Brian W. Aldiss Hans Christian Andersen John Barth Adolfo Bioy Casares Algernon Blackwood Jorge Luis Borges Paul Bowles Julio Cortázar Graham Greene Tommaso Landolfi Eric P. McCormack Alberto Moravia George D. Painter Ruth Rendell Susan Sontag
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Summary
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This riveting collection of stories explores a haunting theme that has fascinated writers in many different genres: the disquieting and eerie intrusion of the double into everyday life. The surprisingly diverse stories in Double/Double include murder mysteries, fairy tales, metaphysical conundrums, playful sleights of hand, and tales of horror and suspense.
Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction by Michael Richardson
- Meeting with a Double by George D. Painter (poem)
- The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen
- The Double by Ruth Rendell
- Gogol’s Wife by Tommaso Landolfi
- August 25, 1983 by Jorge Luis Borges
- Petition by John Barth
- You Are Not I by Paul Bowles
- The Case for the Defence by Graham Greene
- The Dummy by Susan Sontag
- The Expensive Delicate Ship by Brian W. Aldiss
- Doubles by Alberto Moravia
- Twins by Eric McCormack
- The Distance: The Diary of Alina Reyes by Julio Cortázar
- Two in One by Algernon Blackwood
- In Memory of Pauline by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Original title: Double/Double
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
The following works are contained within this one:
Shadow, the (1847) [Short Story]
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Distances, the (1951) [Short Story]
Author: Julio Cortázar
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