Arthur Machen

Broschiertes Buch

The White People and Other Weird Stories

Beschreibung

Offers an exercise in the bizarre leaving you disoriented and on edge. From the first page, the author turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic.

Autor

Arthur Machen

Produktdetails

• Penguin Modern Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 272473
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 128mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9780143105596
• ISBN-10: 0143105590
• Artikelnr.: 33252145

Rezensionen

"The pleasure of rediscovering these stories or experiencing them for the first time is sure to be amplified by the insightful foreword by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) and the excellent introduction by S. T. Joshi." Craig Smith

"As a selection of 'weird' short stories, The White People is a fine example of the precursor to what has become a popular subgenre of fantasy fiction, as well as a window on to the spiritual concerns of the Welsh author Arthur Machen (1863-1947): the veil separating the phenomenal world and the supernal realm is thin. While we may have forgotten the rituals, spells, charms and wards once used to commune with the spirits, the spirits have not forgotten us."
Times Literary Supplement