Fiction and the Fantastic

Marina Warner, Anna Della Subin, Adam Thirlwell and Chloe Aridjis traverse the great parallel tradition of the literature of astonishment and wonder, dread and hope, from the 1001 Nights to Ursula K. Le Guin.Marina Warner is a writer of history, fiction and criticism whose many books include Stranger Magic, Forms of Enchantment and Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale. She was awarded the Holberg Prize in 2015 and is a contributing editor at the LRB.Texts include:The Thousand and One Nights Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s TravelsThe Travels of Marco PoloItalo Calvino, Invisible CitiesLewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-GlassThe stories of Franz KafkaJames Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Written by HimselfMikhail Bulgakov, The Master and MargaritaMary Shelley, FrankensteinJorge Luis Borges, FiccionesLeonora Carrington, The Hearing Trumpetand works by Angela Carter, J.G. Ballard and Ursula K. Le Guin