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Magic and myth inhabit these chapters in figures both familiar and strange. Giant trolls and talking animals are everywhere. The winds take human form. A one-eyed old woman might seem reminiscent of the Norse god Odin. We meet sly aunts, resourceful princesses, and devious robbers. These stories, set in Norway's majestic landscape of towering mountains and dense forests, are filled with humor, mischief, and sometimes surprisingly cruel twists of fate. All are rendered in the deceptively simple narrative style perfected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

Guy de Maupassant, French master of the short story, had a simple, efficient style of writing and, like Anton Chekhov, found inspiration for his stories in the daily lives of humans, which often reveal our darker nature. Many of his works also centered on the Franco-Prussian War, in which he served.

Los espejos venenosos reúne los mejores relatos del gran escritor serbio Milorad Pavic, hasta ahora inéditos en nuestra lengua: asombrosas narraciones en las que incluso el tiempo se bifurca, se descompone; en las que todo es el eco, el reflejo o el doble de algo; en las que siempre parece haber un misterio por resolver y donde convergen realidad y mito, pasado y futuro. Muchos de estos cuentos son un ejemplo fascinante del modo en que la literatura y los sueños se entrelazan con nuestras vidas hasta devenir indistinguibles y, en ocasiones, proféticos.