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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Garden of Delightdi Alessandro Manzetti
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From Bram Stoker Award winner Alessandro Manzetti, one of Italy s most visionary minds, comes 20 of his most horrifying short stories in one unsettling collection with tales from the past, future and present: An apocalyptic and bloody Rome is dominated by the first She-Pope who organizes shocking exhibitions in the new Coliseum; the bloody and cannibalistic Jerusalem during the First Crusade is overrun with gangs of rapists, criminals, and anthropophagy addicts; the future ultra-violent district Paris Sud 5 goes full dark with the rot of human corruption and a human landfill; Spanish invaders are sacrified through unthinkable and brutal rites by blood-frenzied Aztecs, and many more. In this Garden of Delight, you'll discover forbidden fruits, adrenaline and sin, and experience the taste of human flesh . . . the Holy Graal of pleasure. "Alessandro Manzetti is at heart a dark poet, but what makes his fiction so compelling is the way he combines lyricism, visceral horrors, and lush plotting. Reading these stories is like being torn open by a clawed hand in a velvet glove." --Lisa Morton, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author ". . . Engorged with gruesome incidents." --Publishers Weekly "Bosch, Goya, and Hogarth-you'll find them in words in Alessandro Manzetti's The Garden Of Delight. There's a dollop of science-fiction of the "if this goes on" school, a smidgen of bizzaroism a la "whacked-out, huh?," and the nasty tinge of "in your face and your guts" 1980s horror to these stories, all that filtered through a uniquely old/new world sensibility. Mostly, though, I am reminded of Kenneth Patchen's too little read today 1941 novel, The Journal of Albion Moonlight. No, there's nothing imitative about GARDEN, but Patchen and Manzetti know that to get to the real you've gotta get weird." --Mort Castle, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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All of the stories share a similar tone and spirit as they explore human decadance through the centuries. When it comes to sexual relations, nothing is off limits.
Another familiar theme in these works is cannibalism; several stories are set in an apocalyptic future where the She-Pope organizes exhibitions that would embarrass the leaders of ancient Rome. And then there's the future ultra-violent district Paris Sud 5.
To give you an idea of what you're in for in Garden of Delights here's a taste of the cannibalism...
"His passion, to reach the attic of the grand palace of the senses, soon became mine. I tried it out on myself, the first time, tasting a small piece of my right thigh, dug out with difficulty using a prison soup spoon. Walter lit a small fire in the laundry, and we roasted those few bleeding ounces on a skewer made for the occasion. We tasted my flesh as two connoisseurs who had just landed in the best restaurant on Mars, sitting in front of a succulent, phosphorescent, alien steak. I had the impression of chewing pork cooked with almonds. Walter said that I had a really good flavor, and to watch my back from now on, because killing and eating me was going to become an obsession for him. I was really delicious."
There were stories in this collection which I really enjoyed and others that just seemed to fall flat for me. It is for that reason I can't give The Garden of Delight my whole-hearted recommendation. But, if you're looking for something completely different, you might want to give this offering a try.
The Garden of Delight is published by Comet Press and is available in both paperback and e-book formats.
From the author's bio - Alessandro Manzetti is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author, an editor, and translator of horror fiction and dark poetry, his work has been published extensively in Italian, including novels, short and long fiction, poetry, essays, and collections. His stories and poems have appeared in Italian, USA, and UK magazines.
He has translated works by Ramsey Campbell, Richard Laymon, Poppy Z. Brite, Edward Lee, Graham Masterton, Gary Braunbeck, Gene O’Neill, Lisa Morton, and Lucy Snyder. He is an Active Member and part of the Board of Trustees of the Horror Writers Association. (