House of Small Shadows - Brossura

Nevill, Adam

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ISBN 10: 0330544241 ISBN 13: 9780330544245

Casa editrice: Pan Macmillan, 2013

Riassunto

House of Small Shadows is the disturbing novel about a modern phobia from award-winning author Adam Nevill. The Red House: home to the damaged genius of the late M. H. Mason, master taxidermist and puppeteer, where he lived and created some of his most disturbing works. The building and its treasure trove of antiques is long forgotten, but the time has come for his creations to rise from the darkness. Catherine Howard can't believe her luck when she's invited to value the contents of the house. When she first sees the elaborate displays of posed, costumed and preserved animals and macabre puppets, she's both thrilled and terrified. It's an opportunity to die for. But the Red House has secrets, secrets as dreadful and dark as those from Catherine's own past. At night the building comes alive with noises and movements: footsteps, and the fleeting glimpses of small shadows on the stairs. And soon the barriers between reality, sanity and nightmare begin to collapse . . .

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Recensione:

As a ritual exercise in entrapment, both in the past and the present, a kind of hymn to how all our histories - vast and petty - constrain us, House of Small Shadows is often nothing short of mesmerising. (Jeff VanderMeer The Guardian)

In House of Small Shadows, Adam Nevill explores a primal modern phobia - the fear of dolls and puppets - and spirals off into an exploration of a long-forgotten English folk tradition that is eminently believable at the same time as it is horrifying. A wonderfully creepy and disturbing novel. (The Independent)

Adam Nevill is a fantastic storyteller, a master of slow-building tension, and he's written a fever dream of a book. House of Small Shadows is chilling, disorienting, and deeply creepy. It has the feel of a cult classic, something horror fans will still be reading with immense delight fifty years from now. (Scott Smith, New York Times Bestselling author of The Ruins)

Modern storytelling...and old school terror. Very scary, highly recommended. (Jonathan Maberry, NYT bestselling author)

One of the most subtle and powerful writers of dark fiction - a unique voice. (Michael Marshall Smith, New York Times Bestselling author)

Adam Nevill is a spine-chiller in the classic tradition, a writer who draws you in from the world of the familiar, eases you into the world of terror, and then locks the door behind you. The House of Small Shadows grows darker and takes on more menacing life with each step forward. (Michael Koryta, New York Times Bestselling author of THE PROPHET)

Nevill's latest horror is a compelling read where indistinguishable childhood dreams and fantasies merge with a surreal, nightmarish present. (SciFI NOW)

House of Small Shadows is highly likely to induce nightmares set to the sound of the pattering of tiny wooden feet (SFX)

Haunted-house maestros Shirley Jackson, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and Peter Straub would approve-this sets the bar for the best horror novel of the decade. (DAMIEL KRAUSS, BOOKLIST (STARRED REVIEW))

Nevill's talent for horror resonates ominously in every scene, almost as if the theme from Jaws echoes when a page is turned. (KIRKUS)

Descrizione del libro:

They watch you while you sleep . . . Read House of Small Shadows and never look at puppets the same way again.

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• Editore: Pan Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0330544241
• ISBN 13: 9780330544245
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384