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A Gothic novella by the Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, it is one of the most seminal and extraordinary works in the genre, and one that greatly influenced subsequent vampire literature - especially the best-known vampire novel of all, 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker, also Irish, which was published in 1897, twenty-six years later.

The place without limits, as Mephistopheles explains to Dr. Faustus, is hell. And in the brilliant and poignant novella by José Donoso, one of Chile's greatest writers of the 20th century, he is embodied in the god-forsaken town of Estación el Olivo and especially in the local brothel, a melting pot of passions in which false morality is exposed and not only masculinity and its values ​​are questioned, but also an entire class and political structure.

'Impure Deeds' is a story about summer gatherings, almost scandalous, spending time on the beaches and at dance parties and about unfulfilled love, the kind that tortures the soul inside. 'Amdo Mio' tells the story of a young teacher, who is Pasolini, who is torn between a compulsive sexual attraction to the young people of the area and his mission to instill the love of poetry in the children of his village.

'A Single Man' was ahead of its time, and when it was published in 1964, many were shocked by the frank, sympathetic and touching depiction of the life of an older gay man. The book, which Isherwood himself considered the best of his books, is recognized today as a classic poetic masterpiece about life as an outsider in society.