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In the ancient lands of Judea, where the boundary between life and death is both sacred and feared, one man crosses that divide and returns irrevocably changed. Lazarus, raised from the grave by the hand of Christ, emerges not as the man he once was but as a shadow of his former self, haunted by the specter of death. The miracle of Lazarus's resurrection reverberates across the land, drawing pilgrims and skeptics alike. Yet, as Lazarus walks among the living, he carries with him an unsettling aura that instills dread and despair in all who encounter him.

Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was born on 21st August in Oryol, Russia, to a middle-class family of Polish, Ukranian and Finnish ancestry. In 1898 his first short story ‘Bargamot and Garaska’, published in the ‘Kurier’ newspaper, caught the attention and friendship of Maxim Gorky. Andreyev now discarded any other career path apart from that of author. His classic story ‘Lazarus’ brilliantly tells the story of Christ’s disciple, forced to wander the earth for all time; it is both chilling and heart-breaking in its Russian setting.

The story The Little Angel (1899) about a teenager - half-hungry, offended by the whole world "wolf cub". Once on a holiday in a rich house, he saw an angel on a Christmas tree. A toy becomes for him a sign of the "wonderful world where he once lived." She must belong to him! And the boy, who endured a lot, defending his pride, falls to his knees in front of the "unpleasant aunt."

Rusya’da 1905’de patlak veren ve ancak 1907’de bastınlabilen ilk devrimden sonra, o karanlık, karışık yıllarda (19071917) idamlar, intiharlar salgın şeklini almıştı. Rusya’nın dört bir yanında darağaçları kuruldu. Cellatlar gece gündüz, durmadan çalışıyor, cellat yetişmiyordu.O mahut Schlüsselburg kalesi ve çoğunluğu kale şeklinde olan diğer hapishaneler, mahpuslarla dolup dolup taşıyordu. Çar mahkemeleri ara vermeden çalışıyordu. Ve bir gece geçmiyordu ki şafak vakti bir kaç genç insan asılmasın.

Whilst faith can be practiced anywhere religious faith is usually at a church or temple. The stories in this volume are centered both in houses of worship and with those with a strong association to its calling. Of course, short story authors have a determined belief in their undoubted talents to make us look at this subject from different angles. In this volume they take us on literary journeys that are revealing and challenging yet always entertaining.

When we read or listen, words can have a transforming effect. Our mood can alter in the space of a few sentences from joy to sadness. And not just our mood. These words can affect us physically, they can engage our emotions and even in their sadness bring a lump to our throat and tears to our eyes. Sometimes the relief can be palpable. Our authors, from Anton Chekhov, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, Katherine Mansfield and a wealth of others, are well aware of what their talents will evoke. Genius has many names.

Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was born on 21st August in Oryol, Russia, to a middle-class family of Polish, Ukranian and Finnish ancestry. In 1898 his first short story ‘Bargamot and Garaska’, published in the ‘Kurier’ newspaper, caught the attention and friendship of Maxim Gorky. His first collection of short stories appeared in 1901 and sold over a quarter of a million copies. He was a sensation. His classic story ‘Silence’ is a haunting and a desperately sad account of a family broken by death and unable to reconcile their feelings.

Tercer volumen de esta recopilación de cuentos poco tranquilizadores de grandes autores. Conversaciones con fantasmas, resucitados, momias , doppelgangers o incluso...el mismísimo diablo. Dickens, Poe y Maupassant vuelven a la carga con algunos de los mejores relatos del género, pero los autores invitados en esta edición: la polifacética doña Emilia Pardo Bazan y el perturbador Leonid Andreyev se encargarán de ampliar nuestros horizontes y seguir crispando nuestro descanso e imaginación.