by Ambrose Bierce · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780146000225
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«An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge» is the collection of stories by Ambrose Bierce published by Penguin Books Ltd in paperback (96 pages, in English).
The volume brings together stories of mystery and coincidence by Ambrose Bierce, with original prose combining anti-war satire, ironic horror and sardonic tales of the old West. It includes the title story, adapted for an episode of The Twilight Zone.
The 1995 edition is part of the Penguin 60s Classics series; the volume's subtitle is «and other stories».
For readers of classic fiction who appreciate short stories of terror, suspense and irony.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American author, journalist, and poet. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that "he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produced, and in this regard can take his place with such figures as Juvenal, Swift, and Voltaire." His war stories influenced Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway and others, and he was considered an influential and feared literary critic. In recent decades, Bierce has gained wider respect as a fabulist and poet.
