内容简介
Whenhediedin1937,destituteandemotionallyaswellasphysicallyruined,H.P.Lovecrafthadnoideathathewouldonedaybecelebratedasthegodfatherofmodernhorror.Adarkvisionary,hisworkwouldinfluenceanentiregenerationofwriters,includingStephenKing,CliveBarker,NeilGaiman,andAnneRice.Now,themostimportanttalesofthisdistinctiveAmericanstorytellerhavebeencollectedinasinglevolumebyNationalBookAward-winningauthorJoyceCarolOates.Intalesthatcombinethenineteenth-centurygothicsensibilityofEdgarAllanPoewithauniquelydaringinternalvision,Lovecraftfusesthesupernaturalandmundaneintoaterrifying,complex,andexquisitelyrealizedvision,foretellingapsychicallytroubledcenturytocome.SetinameticulouslydescribedNewEnglandlandscape,hereareharrowingstoriesthatexplorethetotalcollapseofsanitybeneaththeweightofchaoticevents--storiesofmythandmadnessthatreleasemonstersintoourworld.Lovecraft'suniverseisafrighteningshadowworldwhererealityandnightmareintertwine,andredemptioncancomeonlyfrombelow.
作者简介
JoyceCarolOatesisarecipientoftheNationalBookAwardandthePEN/MalamudAwardforExcellenceinShortFiction.Shehaswrittensomeofthemostenduringfictionofourtime,includingthenationalbestsellersWeWeretheMulvaneysandBlonde(afinalistfortheNationalBookAward),andtheNewYorkTimesbestsellersTheFalls(winnerofthe2005PrixFemina)andTheGravedigger'sDaughter.SheistheRogerS.BerlindDistinguishedProfessoroftheHumanitiesatPrince-tonUniversityand,since1978,hasbeenamemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters.In2009shereceivedtheMedalofHonorinLiteraturefromtheNationalArtsClub.SheismarriedtotheneuroscientistCharlesGrossandlivesinPrinceton,NewJersey.