This book is truly unique—it is Bradbury's very first collection, which has remained virtually unpublished and unavailable anywhere in the world or in any language for 60 years! Individual stories from 'Dark Carnival' were reworked and included in later collections, but Bradbury categorically refused to republish his debut in its original form.
Marina Voronezhskaya's new translation of Ray Bradbury's original 1947 collection.
Ray Bradbury is an American science fiction writer. Critics classify some of his works as magical realism.
Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. He received his middle name, Douglas, in honor of the famous actor of the time, Douglas Fairbanks. His father was Leonard Spaulding Bradbury, a descendant of English settlers. His mother was Marie Esther Moberg, of Swedish origin.
In 1934, the Bradbury family moved to Los Angeles, where Ray lived his entire life. The writer’s childhood and youth were spent during the Great Depression;…
