Cuentos breves y extraordinarios (1955)
Author: Wu Cheng'en
Translator: Jorge Luis Borges / Adolfo Bioy Casares
Publisher: Raigal
Format: Short story
Genre: Horror
Date: 1955
Pages: 211 pages
ISBN: 1135425396
ASIN: 0285647121
Language: Spanish
Also known as: La sentencia
Adaptation: Cameo
Summary:
This is an anthology of tales from various cultures, dreams, nightmares, gods and kings.
The king dreams that a dragon comes to him and begs for protection, because one of the king's courtiers will kill the dragon the following day. The king promises. He keeps the courtier occupied all day on the morrow, until near midnight the courtier falls asleep. But then a bloody dragon head falls from the sky. The courtier wakes and says, "I just dreamed that I killed a dragon."
Jornal do Brasil (1969)
Author: Wu Cheng'en
Format: Magazine
Date: 1969-12-27
Pages: 144 pages
Language: Portuguese
Also known as: A sentença
Adaptation: Cameo
Summary:
This is an anthology of tales from various cultures, dreams, nightmares, gods and kings.
The king dreams that a dragon comes to him and begs for protection, because one of the king's courtiers will kill the dragon the following day. The king promises. He keeps the courtier occupied all day on the morrow, until near midnight the courtier falls asleep. But then a bloody dragon head falls from the sky. The courtier wakes and says, "I just dreamed that I killed a dragon."
Antologia della letteratura fantastica: nuova edizione (1971)
Author: Wu Cheng'en
Translator: Adolfo Bioy Casares / Jorge Luis Borges / Silvina Ocampo
Format: Short story
Date: 1971
Pages: 144 pages
ISBN: 978-88-06-18635-7
Language: Italian
Also known as: La sentenza
Adaptation: Cameo
Summary:
This is an anthology of tales from various cultures, dreams, nightmares, gods and kings.
The king dreams that a dragon comes to him and begs for protection, because one of the king's courtiers will kill the dragon the following day. The king promises. He keeps the courtier occupied all day on the morrow, until near midnight the courtier falls asleep. But then a bloody dragon head falls from the sky. The courtier wakes and says, "I just dreamed that I killed a dragon."
Extraordinary Tales (1971)
Author: Wu Cheng'en
Translator: Anthony Kerrigan
Publisher: Herder and Herder
Format: Short story
Date: 1971
Pages: 144 pages
Language: English
Also known as: The Death Sentence
Adaptation: Cameo
Summary:
This is an anthology of tales from various cultures, dreams, nightmares, gods and kings.
The king dreams that a dragon comes to him and begs for protection, because one of the king's courtiers will kill the dragon the following day. The king promises. He keeps the courtier occupied all day on the morrow, until near midnight the courtier falls asleep. But then a bloody dragon head falls from the sky. The courtier wakes and says, "I just dreamed that I killed a dragon."
