Title: Malpertuis

Title: Malpertuis Title Record # 1164836
Author: Jean Ray
Date: 1943-06-20
Type: NOVEL
Language: French

Synopsis: Malpertuis: house of terror ... "She is there, with its huge boxes in balconies, its porches flanked by massive stone ramps, its cruciferous turrets, its twin lattice windows, its menacing serpent sculptures and gargoyles, its studded doors. She sweats the arrogance of the great men who live in there and the terror of those who graze it. The facade is a serious mask when one looks in vain for some serenity. It is a face contorted with fever, anxiety and anger, which can not hide what is abominable behind it. "

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by Salvador Bordoy Luque, first in the omnibus <i>Obras escogidas</i>, Aguilar, "El Lince Astuto", 1965.	Spanish	Malpertuis
1966^ⓘTranslated by Gilda Patitucci	Italian	Malpertuis
1970^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Hubert%20Lampo&type=Name&mode=exact">Hubert Lampo</a>	Dutch	Malpertuis
1974^ⓘTranslated by Rein A. Zondergeld	German	Malpertuis
1990^ⓘTranslated by Marianna Basile	Italian	Malpertuis
1992^ⓘTranslated by A. Grigoriev (Аркадий Григорьев)	Russian	Мальпертюи^?Mal'pertyui [as by Жан Рэй^?Zhan Rey ]
1995^ⓘTranslated by Richard Podaný	Czech	Malpertuis: příběh fantastického domu^?Malpertuis: pribeh fantastickeho domu
1998^ⓘTranslated by Iain White.	English	Malpertuis
2000^ⓘTranslated by А. Хорев (A. Horev)	Russian	Мальпертюи. История фантастического дома^?Mal'pertyui. Istoriya fantasticheskovo doma [as by Жан Рэ^?Zhan Re ]
2015^ⓘ<ul><li>Translated by Miklós Lívia.<li>Hungarian title means "Damned Gods". </ul>	Hungarian	Kárhozott istenek
2018^ⓘTranslated by Christian Dörge from Iain White's English translation.	German	Malpertuis

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nominations Below Cutoff	2019 Retro Hugo	Best Novel

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Malpertuis: (Histoire d'une maison fantastique)	1943-06-20	Jean Ray	Les Auteurs Associés (Belgium) (Littérature de ce temps #10)		Bfr 30.00^?Bfr: Belgian franc	186	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	J. Lempereur
Malpertuis	1955-00-00	Jean Ray	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #7)		F450^?F: French frank	217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Malpertuis	1962-00-00	Jean Ray	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Géant^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Geant #142)			313	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Malpertuis	1971-00-00	Jean Ray	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique #142)			252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Malpertuis	1971-00-00	Jean Ray	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique #142)			252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Malpertuis	1976-00-00	Jean Ray	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique #142)			252	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Malpertuis	1978-00-00	Jean Ray	Librairie des Champs-Élysées^?Librairie des Champs-Elysees ( Le Masque - Fantastique (2ème série)^?Le Masque - Fantastique (2eme serie) #1)	2-7024-0723-4		251	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tibor Csernus
Malpertuis	1984-07-00	Jean Ray	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1677)	2-277-21677-1		190	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tibor Csernus
Malpertuis	1988-01-15	Jean Ray	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1677)	2-277-21677-1		191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tibor Csernus
Malpertuis	1992-12-18	Jean Ray	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1677)	2-277-21677-1		191+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Oliviero Berni
Malpertuis	1993-00-00	Jean Ray	Labor (Espace Nord #88)	2-8040-0902-5		272	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Denis Schmit
Malpertuis	2000-06-00	Jean Ray	Labor (Espace Nord #88)	2-8040-0902-5		270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Denis Schmit
Œuvres choisies^?Ouvres choisies OEuvres choisies	2001-08-00	Jean Ray	La Renaissance du Livre (Les maîtres de l'imaginaire)	2-8046-0517-5	€22.70^?€: Euro	607	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	René Goeffers
Malpertuis	2006-04-00	Jean Ray	Labor (Espace Nord #88)	2-8040-2221-8		287	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Malpertuis	2009-02-00	Jean Ray	Luc Pire (Espace Nord #88)	978-2-507-00242-8		286	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Forgiss
Malpertuis	2012-00-00	Jean Ray	Communauté française de Belgique (Espace Nord #88)	978-2-930646-07-7		285	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Malpertuis	2017-05-00	Jean Ray	Alma Editeur	978-2-36279-227-4	€18.00^?€: Euro	274	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel	Philippe Foerster
Malpertuis	2018-02-16	Jean Ray	Que le livre soit ...	978-1-980312-66-6	€8.49^?€: Euro	227	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Malpertuis	date unknown	Jean Ray	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Géant^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Geant #142)			313	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel

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Reviews

Review by
Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux
(1955) in Fiction, #18
Review by Jacques Van Herp (1962) in Fiction, #103
Review by Luc Pomerleau (1985) in Solaris, #59
Review [English] by Douglas Campbell (1998) in All Hallows #19, October 1998