Cagliostro

by Vicente Huidobro

Cagliostro is a lurid tale of magic and secret societies during the reign of Luis XVI, centred on the gure of the Italian occultist Giuseppe Balsamo, known under his alias of Count Alessandro di Cagliostro. The book owes its style of presentation to the example of German expressionist cinema, of the kind exemplified by The Cabinet of Dr Caligari.

In the early s, Vicente Huidobro--always fascinated by the new medium of film--wrote a script...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848616589
• ISBN13: 9781848616585
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"