Short stories
The Lady with the X-Ray Eyes
Дамата с рентгеновите очи
Svetoslav Minkov · 1934
Synopsis
A collection of satirical and fantastic tales in which modern science and technology become the object of satire, and in which America and its images of progress often serve as a target. In the story that gives the book its title, an ugly young girl is transformed by a scientist, and the tale turns the story of the marvellous metamorphosis into parody. Another story, Pourquoi je suis resté sans double, belongs to the same collection.
Context
The collection continues the vein of satirical science fiction opened in 1932 by Automates, and appears a year after a book written jointly with Konstantin Konstantinov, presented as a grotesque in seven incredible adventures. Fear becomes a weapon of satire here: what inspires horror is no longer a ghost but a modern invention. Critics place this book and the previous one among the author's mature works.
Who it is for
Short, ironic stories; the collection does not exist in full in French, but the title story appeared in Asphalte (Marabout, 1968).
Prizes and reception
One of its author's major collections, and a milestone of fantastic satire in Bulgarian prose.
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