Dec 24, 2009

The October Country | The October Country

At a glance:

Author: Ray Bradbury
First Published: 1955
Type of Work: Stories
Type of Plot: Fantasy—cultural exploration
Time of Work: The first half of the twentieth century
Setting: Various locations in the United States and Mexico
Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Emotions, Obsession, Fear, Mexico or Mexicans
Locales: United States, Mexico

The Plot

The October Country consists of nineteen stories, fourteen of them reworked versions of stories originally collected in Dark Carnival (1947). The remaining five are collected here for the first time in book form. These haunting stories explore none of the themes that dominate Ray Bradbury’s later work. They are weird tales of ghosts, vampires, and everyday people caught in impossible situations or saddled with dark obsessions.

Bradbury’s characters often are objects of ridicule, outcasts who crave acceptance. In “The Dwarf,” Ralph Banghart,...

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The October Country | The October Country

At a glance:

The Plot

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