ARGONAUT BOOKS

The Romanian writer Mircea Eliade is best known in the English-speaking world as an influential Historian of Religion, author of such works as 'The Sacred and the Profane' and 'The Myth of the Eternal Return'. However, Eliade's body of work is much broader, and throughout his life he kept the world of fiction and mysticism very close to his heart. Starting at the age of fourteen, Eliade continuously produced works of fiction alongside his academic work. This volume consists of six of his best short stories, taken from over a 30-year period, starting in 1959 with 'A Fourteen-Year-Old Photograph...Read More