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Twelve Thousand Head of Cattle

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"Twelve Thousand Head of Cattle"
Short story by Mircea Eliade
Original titleDouăsprezece mii de capete de vite
TranslatorEric Tappe
CountrySpain
LanguageRomanian
Genre(s)fantasy
Publication
Published inNuvele, Madrid
Publication typeShort story collection
Media typeprint
Publication date1963
Published in English1969

Twelve Thousand Head of Cattle (Romanian: Douăsprezece mii de capete de vite) is a 1952 novella by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. It was written in Paris in December 1952 and published in 1963 in Nuvele, printed by Cercul de Studii "Destin" of Madrid.[1] It was translated by Eric Tappe in Fantastic Tales, London, Dillon’s, 1969.[2]

The subject of this novella is a strange time travel of a cattle dealer on a street in Bucharest during the Second World War. After a civil defense siren announces the imminence of an air raid, Iancu Gore is hiding in an anti-aircraft shelter. Also in the shelter are three other people. Later Iancu Gore learns that they died more than a month ago. His disturbing experience is not believed by anyone.

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  1. ^ Nicolae Manolescu, Istoria critică a literaturii române. 5 secole de literatură, Editura Paralela 45, Pitești, 2008, p. 865.
  2. ^ Twelve Thousand Head of Cattle title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database