Загадочный дом на туманном утесе. Сборник

by H.P. Lovecraft

Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт, не опубликовавший при жизни ни одной книги, стал маяком и ориентиром жанра литературы ужасов, кумиром как широких читательских масс, так и рафинированных интеллектуалов. Влияние его признавали такие мастера, как Борхес, и такие кумиры миллионов, как Стивен Кинг, его рассказы неоднократно экранизировались, а само имя писателя стало нарицательным.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1926

About the author

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.

Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.

Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

— Wikipedia

Reviews

[Naum]

Мой любимый сборник, содержащий кучу рассказов, из-за которых я полюбил Лавкрафта. Повезло начать именно с него. Хотя, некоторые жемчужины есть и в других сборниках.