Alan Peter Ryan (1943–2011)
Autore di The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories
Sull'Autore
Opere di Alan Peter Ryan
Following the Way 3 copie
Il Treno Di Deacons Kill 2 copie
"Apocalypse Now?" 1 copia
The Rose Of Knock 1 copia
Pieta 1 copia
I Shall Not Leave England Now 1 copia
A Visit To Brighton 1 copia
Tell Mommy What Happened 1 copia
Onawa 1 copia
Time and Tide 1 copia
Death To The Easter Bunny! 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September/October 2011, Vol. 121, Nos. 3 & 4 (2011) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 65. Cyrion in Bronze. (1983) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 10 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Ryan, Alan Peter
- Data di nascita
- 1943-05-17
- Data di morte
- 2011-06-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Bronx, New York, USA
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
ScaredyKIT 2018 (1)
Strange Towns (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 34
- Opere correlate
- 27
- Utenti
- 1,616
- Popolarità
- #15,943
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 15
- ISBN
- 48
- Lingue
- 3
A seanachie in ancient Ireland was an historian and storyteller. It's a word mentioned to Jack Quinlan, an American visiting Ireland to research a book he's writing about the Irish potato famine. Jack sets himself up in a rental house for 3 months so he can explore the area and get to writing. The Irish towns he visits are small with old buildings, and the townspeople are all simple folk with simple traditions. However, these towns often have secrets and rituals and Jack is about to stumble onto some of them. Will he survive the encounter? You'll have to read Cast A Cold Eye to find out!
This book drips with atmosphere. A ghost story set in October, on the western shores of Ireland. There's fog, there's moors nearby, there's the sea bashing the rocky land day and night. Alan Ryan's prose when describing the delights of the Irish scenery was rich and vivid. It created a contrast in my mind with the horrible facts about the Irish potato famine: Such natural beauty in the scenery yet many people starved to death in the middle of it.
Unfortunately, I felt that the atmosphere did not deliver in the end. I was somehow expecting more of a bang and when the denouement arrived it somehow felt anti-climactic. However, that does not mean that I didn't enjoy the journey because I did.
Recommended to fans of atmospheric ghost stories and beautiful prose!
*Thanks to Valancourt Books for providing a free e-copy in exchange for my honest review. This is it!*… (altro)