The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (novel)
| Author | Emilio Carrere |
|---|---|
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Historical Horror |
Publication date | 1920 |
| Publication place | Spain |
| Media type |
The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (Spanish:La Torre de los Siete Jorobados) is a 1920 novel by the Spanish writer Emilio Carrere. It is a gothic mystery with elements of horror set in 19th-century Madrid. The body of the story itself is cobbled together from several of Carrere's pre-existing short stories.
There is some question over whether Carrere was solely responsible for the work, and some academics believe that Spanish science fiction writer Jesús de Aragón was responsible for substantial portions of the text.[1][2][3]
Film adaptation
In 1944 the novel served as the basis for the film The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks directed by Edgar Neville.[4]
References
- ^ Reyes, Xavier Aldana (16 March 2017). "The Twentieth Century (1900-1975): Modernist Spiritualism and Political Gothic". Spanish Gothic: National Identity, Collaboration and Cultural Adaptation. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 145. ISBN 9781137306005. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ^ Palacios, Jesús (2004). Desde el infierno: Una historia oculta del siglo XX. Oberon Books. ISBN 9788496052567.
- ^ Ben, Julia María Labrador; Álvarez-Insúa, Alberto Sánchez (2004). "Nuevas pruebas documentales acerca de la autoría de "La torre de los siete jorobados" de Emilio Carrère". Anales del Instituto de Estudios Madrileños (in Spanish) (44). Instituto de Estudios Madrileños: 929–936. ISSN 0584-6374. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ^ Hardy & Milne p.86
Bibliography
- Hardy, Phil & Milne, Tom. Horror. Aurum Press, 1996.