Malpertuis: The Classic Modern Gothic Novel - Brossura

Borel, Petrus

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0947757988 ISBN 13: 9780947757984

Casa editrice: Serpents Tail, 1998

Riassunto

A manuscript stolen from a monastery, the ancient stone house of a sea-trading dynasty, which may be haunted. These are familiar ingredients for a Gothic novel, but something far more strange and disconcerting is taking place within the walls of Malpertuis as the relatives gather for the impending death of Uncle Cassave. The techniques of H. P. Lovecraft, when transplanted into the suffocating Catholic context of a Belgium scarred by the inquisition, produce in Jean Ray's masterpiece a story of monumental intensity from which events of startling ferocity break the surface - without ever lessening the suspense of the tale's approaching apocalyptic denouement.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Serpents Tail
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0947757988
• ISBN 13: 9780947757984
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176