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[Robert Aickman] ☆ The Wine Dark Sea Ë Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Wine Dark Sea "crepuscular" according to Bibliofiend. Aickman is the best "horror story" writer you've never heard of. Those who prefer head-on, go-for-the-throat type terror will not like Aickman. Though beautifully atmospheric, and yes, haunting, his prose is often thorny, and as one reviewer noted, challenging to read. Aickman's frequent use of the passive voice can be slightly irritating at times, but no doubt he used it purposely. Sometimes the subject is not important, and in any case the reader is ofte
| Title | : | The Wine Dark Sea |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.53 (859 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557100357 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 388 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
Robert Fordyce Aickman was born in 1914 in London. Aickman went on to publish seven more volumes of 'strange stories' as well as two novels and two volumes of autobiography. It was in 1951 that Aickman, in collaboration with Elizabeth Jane Howard, published his first ghost stories in a volume entitled We Are for the Dark. He died in February 1981. In 1946 the couple, along with Tom and Angela Rolt, set up the Inland Waterways Association to preserve the cana
"crepuscular" according to Bibliofiend. Aickman is the best "horror story" writer you've never heard of. Those who prefer head-on, go-for-the-throat type terror will not like Aickman. Though beautifully atmospheric, and yes, haunting, his prose is often thorny, and as one reviewer noted, challenging to read. Aickman's frequent use of the passive voice can be slightly irritating at times, but no doubt he used it purposely. Sometimes the subject is not important, and in any case the reader is often not sure who or what . Beauregard said subtle and haunting. I strongly recommend the sadly hard-to-find fiction of Robert Aickman to ghost story aficionados, lovers of British literature, horror fiction readers willing to try something different and challenging, or just lovers of the short story form. Aickman's compelling, beautifully written, dreamlike stories are often puzzling, always atmospheric, and generally extremely memorable. The title story, a "strange story" (as the author liked to call his fiction) of a British tourist who jo. Truly Strange Stories R. Kunath Robert Aickman's "strange stories" are far from the usual horror fare, and readers who prefer straightforward, no-nonsense spectres are well-advised to steer clear of Aickman's work. But if you are a fan of the beautifully-crafted supernatural stories of Henry James and/or Walter de la Mare, Aickman will be *essential* reading for you. At his best, his stories are small masterpieces of the uncanny that are all the more disturbing because it's often not entirely clear what has ha
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. A remarkable collection by an author who deserves to be better known. From Publishers Weekly Since his death several years ago, British writer Aickman's reputation has continued to grow among connoisseurs of the horror story. In these 11 stories, the occasion may be a walking tour of Northern England, a birthday present of a Victorian dollhouse or a stay at a Swedish sanatorium for insomniacs, but it simultaneously traps the characters with dread and opens them up to a new awareness of a greater, deeper and more dangerous world. . His lucid, finely tuned prose moves imperceptibly from the small cris
A collection of horror tales by the recipient of the 1981 World Fantasy Award, and author of "Cold Hand in Mine" and "Painted Devils".
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