The city of a terrible night and other mystical stories. Kipling R.J.

Redyard Kipling is a famous writer, poet and novelist, the first Englishman who received the Nobel Prize in literature. Perhaps, rarely, a literary fate was so successful: Kipling's works were enthusiastically accepted by criticism and translated into three dozen languages, the fees turned out to be record, during the life of the author, four works were published - the case is truly unique.

“The city of a terrible night and other mystical stories” is a collection of mystical and fantastic prose of the famous classic. Here, the ghostly wagon-riksu is accompanied by lackeys in black and white livery, the love amulet helps the owner only if he was stolen, and preferably with bloodshed, and the gods of the Hindu pantheon are discussed in the night after the flood, whether to resist the gigantic bridge erected by the builders with such difficulty...

Many stories and novels that compiled this collection were translated into Russian for the first time, others are presented in new translations, the rest are in the new edition.