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Title: Le passe-muraille Title Record # 1732960
Author:
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme

Date: 1941-08-15
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN, Wikipedia-FR
Language: French
Note: First published in Lectures, no. 40, 15 August 1941.
Synopsis: "A man discovers he can walk through walls. Then he discovers he can make all sorts of mischief by doing so." (RayS)
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1949Translated by Hildegard Fuchs
German Der Mann, der durch die Wand gehen konnte
1957Translated by Norman Denny from the French
English The Walker-Through-Walls
1965Translated by Tudor Măinescu
Romanian Omul care trece prin zid
1982Translated by Fernando Py.
Portuguese O passa-paredes
2012Translated by Sophie Lewis; the copyright is assigned for the year 2023 to Lewis
English The Man Who Walked Through Walls
2019Translated by Sophie Lewis
English The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Der Mann, der durch die Wand gehen konnte und andere Pariserische Scheherezaden 1949-00-00
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
Rowohlt  
DM 6.50?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
218
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Across Paris and Other Stories 1957-00-00
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
The Bodley Head  
15/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xv+
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Michael Ayrton  
Across Paris and Other Stories 1958-00-00
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
Harper & Brothers  
$3.50?$: US dollar
xv+
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1959 1959-08-00 ed. Robert P. Mills Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.40?$: US dollar
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Emsh Checkmark
Across Paris and Other Stories 1960-00-00
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
Ace UK H380
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
187
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Walker-Through-Walls 1962-00-00
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
Berkley Medallion F634
$0.50?$: US dollar
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Omul care trece prin zid 1965-00-00
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
Editura pentru literatură?Editura pentru literatura
    285
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll
I. Bănulescu?I. Banulescu
 
Le passe-muraille 1971-10-10
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #218)     244
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Walker-Through-Walls and Other Stories 1972-00-00
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
The Bodley Head 0-370-01470-7   288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Brian Paine  
15 histoires de science-fiction?Quinze histoires de science-fiction
1979-00-00 ed. Bertrand Solet Gautier-Languereau (15...) 2-217-04071-5   220
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth François Batet Checkmark
O passa-paredes 1982-00-00
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
Francisco Alves (Mestres do horror e da fantasia #7)     162
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Man Who Walked Through Walls 2017-02-23
Marcel Aymé?Marcel Ayme
Pushkin Press 978-1-78227-327-1
£9.99?£: UK pound
160
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection 2019-07-02 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Books 978-0-525-43556-3
$25.00?$: US dollar
xix+
822
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Grandville Checkmark
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection 2019-07-02 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Vintage Books 978-0-525-43557-0
$12.99?$: US dollar
xix+
822
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Grandville  
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