Tales of Three Hemispheres

About this book

Three hemispheres are already an impossible number, and Lord Dunsany uses the title as a promise that these stories will wander beyond familiar geography.

Travellers encounter gods, strange cities, improbable kingdoms and places whose inhabitants accept marvels as part of daily life. Dunsany's prose gives even the briefest fantasy the gravity of an old chronicle, then undercuts it with a flash of humour or cruelty. The stories are best entered one at a time, without expecting any map to connect their worlds.