Vathek

A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes.

Un hibrid captivant de fictiune gotica, orientala si satira, Vathek documenteaza caderea lui Vathek, a carui cautare obsesiva pentru cunoastere, placere si putere duce la eventuala lui condamnare. O fantezie extraordinara, romanul a influentat scriitori de la Byron la Lovecraft.