Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth

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One of the foundational texts of Catalan fiction, Salvador Espriu's Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth is a collection of short stories in which action, character, and place are as winding and sumptuous as mythical maze of its title.;Cover; Title Page; Contents; A Note on the Text and the Translation; The Young Man and the Old Man; Little-Teresa-Who-Went-Down-the-Stairs; Psyche; Nebuchadnezzar; Death in the Street; German Quasi-Story of Ulrika Thöus; Nerves; The Rise and Fall of Esperança Trinquis; First and Only Run-In with Zaraat; Magnolias in the Cloister; Myrrha; On Orthodoxy; The Heart of the Town; Hildebrand; Thanatos; The Figurines of the Nativity Scene; The Beheaded; Vulgar History; Mama Real Lylo Vesme; Prologue to the Devil's Ballet; My Friend Salom; Crisant's Theory; Introduction to the Study of a Small Giraffe. Cover Title Page Contents A Note on the Text and the Translation The Young Man and the Old Man Little-Teresa-Who-Went-Down-the-Stairs Psyche Nebuchadnezzar Death in the Street German Quasi-Story of Ulrika Thöus Nerves The Rise and Fall of Esperança Trinquis First and Only Run-In with Zaraat Magnolias in the Cloister Myrrha On Orthodoxy The Heart of the Town Hildebrand Thanatos The Figurines of the Nativity Scene The Beheaded Vulgar History Mama Real Lylo Vesme Prologue to the Devil's Ballet My Friend Salom Crisant's Theory Introduction to the Study of a Small Giraffe. TopicThe Subordinates Ghettos The Literary Circle The Conversion and Death of Quim Federal English Quasi-Story of Athalia Spinster Panets Walks His Head French Quasi-Story of Samson, Rediscovered Sembobitis The Moribund Country Copyright.