Title: Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse
Title Record # 1586419
Author: Jan Potocki
Date: 1804-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: French
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Author: Jan Potocki
Date: 1804-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: French
Note: This novel was written between about 1794 and about 1810. It was not published in its entirety during the author's lifetime, although various incomplete selections from it were. The earliest, titled Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, was printed in St. Petersburg 1804-1805; two others in Paris: Avadoro in 1813 and Dix Journées de la vie d'Alphonse Van Worden in 1814. The first attempt at reconstructing and publishing the whole thing, from partial manuscripts and other sources, appeared in 1989, edited by René Radrizzani. In 2004, more manuscripts having been discovered, a different complete edition was published, edited by François Rosset and Dominique Triaire.
Synopsis: A young officer of the Garde Wallonne, Alphonse Van Worden, wanders into the Sierra Morena where he experiences strange events and meets a very diverse cast of characters who tell him story after story— picaresque, libertine, philosophical, etc. It turns out that all these encounters are part of an ambitious plan prepared for centuries.
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Saragossa Manuscript | 1960-01-00 | Jan Potocki | The Orion Press | $5.00?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 233 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Wladislaw Finne | ||
The New Decameron: Further Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript | 1966-00-00 | Jan Potocki | Orion Press | $5.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 433 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
Manoscritto trovato a Saragozza | 1972-01-11 | Jan Potocki | Mondadori (Oscar Libreria #L 64) | 10036 | Lit 700?Lit: Italian lira |
284 | 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 | ||
Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript (Ten Days in the Life of Alphonse Van Worden) | 1990-11-00 | Jan Potocki | Dedalus / Hippocrene (Dedalus European Classics) | 0-946626-67-7 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
159 | 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 | Salvator Rosa | |
Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse | 1995-01-00 | Jean Potocki | Le Livre de Poche (Classiques de poche #9649) | 2-253-06353-3 | 701 | 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 | Francisco Goya | ||
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa | 1995-01-00 | Jan Potocki | Viking UK | 0-670-83428-9 | £16.00?£: UK pound |
631 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Francisco Goya | |
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa | 1996-03-00 | Jan Potocki | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044580-3 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xxiv+ 631 |
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 | Francisco de Goya | |
Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript | 2012-10-23 | Jan Potocki | Dedalus (Dedalus European Classics) | 978-1-907650-83-3 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Salvator Rosa | ||
The Saragossa Manuscript | date unknown | Jan Potocki | Avon | G-1090 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
224 | 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 | Hampshire |
Reviews
- Review [English] by Alfred Bester (1960) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1960
- Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454)
- Review [English] by Neil Gaiman (1998) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1998
- Review [English] by Jay Lake (2005) in Horror: Another 100 Best Books
- Review [English] by Anthony Perconti (2020) in Three Crows Magazine, July 2020