PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bizek-Tatara, Renata
TI  - 
DP  - 2011 Dec 1
TA  - Romanica Olomucensia
PG  - 147--154
VI  - 23
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/ro.2011.019
IS  - 18034136
AB  - In his collection of phantasy short stories Les histoires singulières, Muno breaches the convention of the genre that concerns the presentation of death and phantoms. Frightening and fascinating at the same time, death always assumes the figure of a woman who is either average or seducing. Her coming is announced by female messengers. Death in Muno is not a tragic event: it is a promise of a better life and a salvation from the worries of schematic and overwhelming everyday reality.