Two Strange Tales

mircea eliade

Tells the stories of three European scholars who witness the murder of a young Hindu woman, and a Rumanian doctor who disappears while seeking the world of Shambhala

Genres fictionromanian literatureshort storiesliteratureromaniaclassicsfantasymysterymagical realismspirituality

130 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1940

This edition

Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Published: September 12, 1986 by Shambhala
ISBN: 9780877733867
ASIN: 0877733864
Language: English

About the author

Romanian-born historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, professor at the University of Chicago, and one of the pre-eminent interpreters of world religion in the last century. Eliade was an intensely prolific author of fiction and non-fiction alike, publishing over 1,300 pieces over 60 years. He earned international fame with LE MYTHE DE L'ÉTERNAL RETOUR (1949, The Myth of the Eternal Return), an interpretation of religious symbols and imagery. Eliade was much interested in the world of the unconscious. The central theme in his novels was erotic love.