Author: ASMUNDSSON, VALDIMAR; STOKER, BRAM; DE ROOS, HANS CORNEEL (TRANSLATION); STOKER, DACRE (FOREWORD); BROWNING, JOHN EDGAR (AFTERWORD).
Title: Powers of Darkness. The Lost Version of Dracula.
Description: New York / London, Overlook Duckworth. 2017. (ISBN: 978 0 7156 5127 8) Hardcover. Book, In 1901 Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Asmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's classic novel, Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna, this Icelandic version was unnoticed outside the country until 1986, when Dracula scholars discovered Stoker's original preface to the book. It was not until 2014, however, that noted Dracula scholar Hans Corneel de Roos realized that Asmundsson hadn't merely translated Dracula but had, rather, penned an entirely new version of the story, with some all - new characters and a re-worked plot. The resulting narrative is one that is shorter, punchier, more erotic, and rivals the original in terms of suspense. Powers of Darkness marks the first ever translation into English of Makt Myrkranna. Icelandic Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness praised Powers of Darkness as one of the best works of Icelandic literature, drawing inspiration from it in the writing of the 'Under the Glacier". With 22 black-and-white images. With jacket. 309 p. As New.

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