{"product_id":"powers-of-darkness-the-lost-version-of-dracula-used-hardcover-bram-stoker","title":"Powers of Darkness:  The Lost Version of Dracula (Used Hardcover) - Bram Stoker, Valdimar Ásmundsson","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthors: Bran Stoker, Valdimar Asumundsson, Translated from the Icelandic with an introduction and annotations by Hans Corneel De Roos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePowers of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker’s world-famous 1897 novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, “Powers of Darkness”), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMakt Myrkranna\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered outside of the country until 1986, when Dracula scholarship was astonished by the discovery of Stoker’s preface to the book. However, no one looked beyond the preface and deeper into Ásmundsson’s story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2014, literary researcher Hans de Roos dove into the full text of \u003cem\u003eMakt Myrkranna,\u003c\/em\u003e only to discover that Ásmundsson hadn’t merely translated Dracula but had penned an entirely new version of the story, with all new characters and a totally re-worked plot. The resulting narrative is one that is shorter, punchier, more erotic, and perhaps even more suspenseful than Stoker’s \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e. Incredibly, \u003cem\u003eMakt Myrkranna\u003c\/em\u003e has never been translated or even read outside of Iceland until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 2020 Overlook Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e309 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.5\" X 9.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: This book is in Very Good Condition. It is like new except for light scuffing on the dust cover. The pages are clean and unmarked.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"REACH Literacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44730848248032,"sku":"0615KB","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0431\/0794\/2562\/files\/29075452.jpg?v=1706924507","url":"https:\/\/reachareader.com\/products\/powers-of-darkness-the-lost-version-of-dracula-used-hardcover-bram-stoker","provider":"Reach Literacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}