Fingers and other fantastic stories
Scriitor, editor, jurnalist și scenarist de benzi desenate, Marian Coman este laureatul mai multor premii naționale dedicate literaturii F&SF și al unui premiu al Convenției Europene de Science-Fiction. A scris volumele Nopți albe, zile negre, Testamentul de ciocolată, Teoria flegmei. Apel la mitocănie, Fingers and other fantastic stories, Haiganu. Fluviul Șoaptelor, Haiganu. Furia Oarbă șiVery good!
Four very creepy stories that made me upset that more of Coman's work hasn't been translated. There were some distracting issues with the English translation, a few grammatical glitches, which as far as I know may have been intended as character voice. Nothing major, and bless the translators who probably did this as a labor of love. More please.
Fingers and other Fantastic Storiesby Marian Comantranslated by Carmen Dumitru and Raluca Chirvaseself-published in English (2011)ISBN 9781465712608Over the last five years or so, my reading habits have opened up to include authors from beyond Canada, the U.S., and Britain. The latest international offering comes from Romania. Marian Coman's short fiction has apparently been heralded over there a fair bit, but this self-published collection marks the first English translation. Fingers is a
I'm not a big short story person, and it shows when I rate these things. I liked the stories well enough while I was reading them, but felt no burning compulsion to return to them when I wasn't reading them. I did like the different cultural perspective, but none of the stories stuck with me enough that I can even really comment on what happened in them, so 3 stars.
Beautiful.
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Title | : | Fingers and other fantastic stories |
Author | : | Marian Coman |
Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 27 pages |
Published | : | (first published August 9th 2011) |
Categories | : | Short Stories. European Literature. Romanian Literature. Fantasy. Horror. Business. Amazon |
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“When it comes to the Romania writers the one name that impressed me lately and that comes immediately into my mind because of this fact is Marian Coman.” (The Dark Wolf Fantasy Review)List Books In Pursuance Of Fingers and other fantastic stories
Original Title: | Degete și alte povestiri fantastice ASIN B005GQW132 |
Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.41 From 29 Users | 6 ReviewsEvaluate Based On Books Fingers and other fantastic stories
Very good!Scriitor, editor, jurnalist și scenarist de benzi desenate, Marian Coman este laureatul mai multor premii naționale dedicate literaturii F&SF și al unui premiu al Convenției Europene de Science-Fiction. A scris volumele Nopți albe, zile negre, Testamentul de ciocolată, Teoria flegmei. Apel la mitocănie, Fingers and other fantastic stories, Haiganu. Fluviul Șoaptelor, Haiganu. Furia Oarbă șiVery good!
Four very creepy stories that made me upset that more of Coman's work hasn't been translated. There were some distracting issues with the English translation, a few grammatical glitches, which as far as I know may have been intended as character voice. Nothing major, and bless the translators who probably did this as a labor of love. More please.
Fingers and other Fantastic Storiesby Marian Comantranslated by Carmen Dumitru and Raluca Chirvaseself-published in English (2011)ISBN 9781465712608Over the last five years or so, my reading habits have opened up to include authors from beyond Canada, the U.S., and Britain. The latest international offering comes from Romania. Marian Coman's short fiction has apparently been heralded over there a fair bit, but this self-published collection marks the first English translation. Fingers is a
I'm not a big short story person, and it shows when I rate these things. I liked the stories well enough while I was reading them, but felt no burning compulsion to return to them when I wasn't reading them. I did like the different cultural perspective, but none of the stories stuck with me enough that I can even really comment on what happened in them, so 3 stars.
Beautiful.
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