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Tales of H.P. Lovecraft 洛夫克拉夫特故事集

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.

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