'READING ROBERT AICKMAN IS LIKE WATCHING A MAGICIAN WORK, AND VERY OFTEN I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THE TRICK WAS. ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE DID IT BEAUTIFULLY.' NEIL GAIMAN For fans of the BBC's _Inside Number 9_ and _The League of Gentlemen_ AICKMAN'S 'STRANGE STORIES' (HIS PREFERRED TERM) ARE CONSTRUCTED IMMACULATELY, THE NEUROSES OF HIS CHARACTERS PAINTED IN SUBTLE SHADES. HE BUILDS DREAD BY THE STEADY ACCRUAL OF REALISTIC DETAIL, UNTIL THE READER REALISES THAT THE PROTAGONIST IS HEADING TOWARDS THEIR DOOM AS IF IN A DREAM. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1988, _THE WINE-DARK SEA_ CONTAINS EIGHT STORIES THAT BUILD TOWARDS DISTURBING YET ENIGMATIC ENDINGS, INCLUDING THE CLASSIC STORY 'YOUR TINY HAND IS FROZEN.' 'Of all the authors of uncanny tales, Aickman is the best ever . . . His tales literally haunt me; his plots and his turns of phrase run through my head at the most unlikely moments.' Russell Kirk
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ISBN
9780571316403
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok

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