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Sto caricando le informazioni... Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Storiesdi Robert S. Phillips (A cura di)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A relatively low rating, I suppose, for a collection that actually contains many excellent stories, including: "Enoch Soames" by Max Beerbohm, "The Supper at Elsinore" by Isak Dinesen, "The Highboy", by Allison Lurie and "The Leaf-Sweeper" by Muriel Spark. The problem is three-fold: (1) the good stories are easily available in dozens of other collections; (2) a number of the others are rather weak, usually as a result of lame attempts at comedy; (3) the editor, Robert Phillips, has embedded herein his own original tale "Wolfie" that is outclassed by its companions in every way. It's a little like holding a gala debutante party for a wallflower. ( ) Nightshade is an interesting combination of varying length ghost stories. Some of the stories were tens of pages long, some were only two pages long. Just as they varied in length, they varied in my enjoyment. Though I read through all of the stories, some really bored me. I think part of the reason was that some were more literary for literary sake, rather than frightening or enjoyable ghost stories. Others, though, were great, such as The Highboy, which was about a haunted and evil piece of furniture. The book had a nice combination of authors from various backgrounds and writing subjects, some rather famous such as Franz Kafka and Ray Bradbury. Most of the authors I had never heard of, though that isn't saying much. Overall, there were probably more good stories than bad, but it was close, so I rated it 3 1/2 stars. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The ghost story redefined in twenty-seven chilling tales from notable crafters of twentieth-century literature The phantasms, shades, and specters in this volume of ghost stories by contemporary writers like Alison Lurie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Joyce Carol Oates, and William Trevor as well as such modern literary giants as Henry James, Isak Dinesen, Franz Kafka, and Rudyard Kipling write letters, carry lanterns, ride bicycles, patrol halls, run motorboats, rake leaves, and deliver mail. They also inhabit dolls and sticks of furniture. Some of them merely haunt houses, while others invade thedarkest corners of the soul. Throughout this expertly edited collection, a companion to Robert Phillips's equally successful anthology, the very popularOmnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories,writers as distinctive of their decade as Edith Wharton and Muriel Spark or the incomparable Max Beerbohm and the up-and-coming Max Eberts explore the literary possibilities of the classic ghost story to deliver taut suspense, psychological terror, and eerie mystery. The irresistible mix of chills and artistry, of terror and genius, make every tale in this volume worth the visit. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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