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Powers of darkness : the lost version of Dracula Cover Image Book Book

Powers of darkness : the lost version of Dracula

Valdimar Ásmundarson 1852-1902 (author.). De Roos, Hans Corneel, (translator,, writer of introduction,, writer of added commentary.). Stoker, Dacre, (writer of foreword.). Browning, John Edgar, (writer of afterword.). Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 Adaptation of (work): Dracula. (Added Author).

Summary: "In 1901, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, "Powers of Darkness"), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered outside of the country until 1986, when Dracula scholarship was astonished by the discovery of Stoker's preface to the book. However, no one looked beyond the preface and deeper into Ásmundsson's story. In 2014, literary researcher Hans de Roos dove into the full text of Makt Myrkranna, only to discover that Ásmundsson hadn't merely translated Dracula but had penned an entirely new version of the story, with all new characters and a totally re-worked plot. The resulting narrative is one that is shorter, punchier, more erotic, and perhaps even more suspenseful than Stoker's Dracula. Incredibly, Makt Myrkranna has never been translated or even read outside of Iceland until now." --

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781468313369
  • ISBN: 1468313363
  • ISBN: 9780715651278
  • ISBN: 0715651277
  • Physical Description: print
    309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2017.

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General Note:
An English translation of a recently discovered Icelandic adaptation--published in 1901 but unknown outside of the country until 1986--of Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula" that includes new characters, a re-worked plot, and annotations providing literary, cultural, and historical context.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309).
Formatted Contents Note: Foreword / by Dacre Stoker -- Introduction / by Hans C. de Roos -- A room with a view: the floor plans of Castle Dracula -- Powers of darkness -- Afterword / by John Edgar Browning.
Language Note:
Translated from the Icelandic.

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