Carmen and other stories

In novels of the French writer prosper Merimee, the Creator of the immortal image of the fateful Gypsy Carmen original mixed romantic exoticism and social signs of the depicted eras, dramatic, sometimes unusual plot twists, and really human characters, violent passions, overwhelm the heroes, and cold author's irony. Among the short stories included in the collection — the story of "the Corsican Taras Bulba", who couldn't forgive the betrayal of his own son, a scary story about the animated statue and the man-the werewolf detective is a study of ominous night, one couple had to endure in a provincial hotel, and, of course, the famous story of the freedom-cruel and beautiful Gipsy girl, killed a young Basque officer...