Cold Hand in Mine - Brossura

Aickman, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0571311741 ISBN 13: 9780571311743

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2014

Riassunto

Cold Hand in Mine was first published in the U.K. in 1975 and in the U.S. in 1977. The story 'Pages from a Young Girl's Journal' won the Aickman World Fantasy Award in 1975. It was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1973 before appearing in this collection.

Cold Hand in Mine stands as one of Aickman's best collections and contains eight stories that show off his powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full, being more ambiguous than standard ghost stories. Throughout the stories the reader is introduced to a variety of characters, from a man who spends the night in a Hospice to a German aristocrat and a woman who sees an image of her own soul. There is also a nod to the conventional vampire story ('Pages from a Young Girl's Journal') but all the stories remain unconventional and inconclusive, which perhaps makes them all the more startling and intriguing.

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Recensione:

'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

Descrizione del libro:

Cold Hand in Mine, by Robert Aickman, is a reissue of the classic collection from the master of horror, with an introduction by the writer and creator of The League of Gentlemen, Reece Shearsmith.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0571311741
• ISBN 13: 9780571311743
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368