Post by account_disabled on Dec 26, 2023 3:54:24 GMT -5
By keeping an eye on various "literary" sources I discovered three interesting books on the horror genre, two collections of short stories and a novel. Reading some reviews online I was convinced and purchased them. They are in English, but for some time I decided to read some books in the original, especially those that I believe never arrive in Italy. The Book With No Name by Anonymous The Book With No NameThere's no doubt about it, the publishing house knew how to package this novel in the best possible way. An untitled book written by an unnamed author. Inside we read that the writer's pseudonym is The Bourbon Kid, but they give no indication of his identity. On the back cover we read: Whatever you do, don't read the book with no name.
An untitled book by an anonymous author brings death to anyone who reads it. “The Eye of the Moon” – a mysterious blue stone – has disappeared. And in Santa Mondega all hell is breaking loose. Literally. How could I not buy it after these assumptions The Pan Book of Horror Stories The Pan Book of Horror StoriesThis collection of horror stories was published for the first Special Data time on December 11, 1959. Then a second edition was born in 1961 and finally since 1989 a new volume of stories has been released every year. 25 volumes, of the 30 released, were edited by Herbert van Thal, an anthologist and biographer with considerable experience in the horror genre. This volume contains 22 stories by as many writers, placed in alphabetical order so as not to offend anyone. And this is the reprint of the first volume of the series, which appeared in 1959.
I don't know all the authors, but some do, like CS Forester, Seabury Quinn, Bram Stoker, present with the story The Squaw . Gothic Short Stories Gothic Short StoriesThis particular collection of Gothic stories is a small collection of short stories that appeared in the early Gothic genre and was edited by David Blair, of the University of Kent, Canterbury. The stories range from 1773 to 1912. There are many famous names included in this volume, such as Sir Walter Scott, perhaps best known for writing Ivanhoe , Edgar Allan Poe, who here offers us his Berenice , Charles Dickens, who here offers us something different from his David Copperfield and Oliver Twist , JS Le Fanu, Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose The Scarlet Letter I read years ago , Robert Louis Stevenson, who needs no introduction, Ambrose Bierce, who I had met thanks to the small Newton & Compton collection Tales from Beyond the Grave .
An untitled book by an anonymous author brings death to anyone who reads it. “The Eye of the Moon” – a mysterious blue stone – has disappeared. And in Santa Mondega all hell is breaking loose. Literally. How could I not buy it after these assumptions The Pan Book of Horror Stories The Pan Book of Horror StoriesThis collection of horror stories was published for the first Special Data time on December 11, 1959. Then a second edition was born in 1961 and finally since 1989 a new volume of stories has been released every year. 25 volumes, of the 30 released, were edited by Herbert van Thal, an anthologist and biographer with considerable experience in the horror genre. This volume contains 22 stories by as many writers, placed in alphabetical order so as not to offend anyone. And this is the reprint of the first volume of the series, which appeared in 1959.
I don't know all the authors, but some do, like CS Forester, Seabury Quinn, Bram Stoker, present with the story The Squaw . Gothic Short Stories Gothic Short StoriesThis particular collection of Gothic stories is a small collection of short stories that appeared in the early Gothic genre and was edited by David Blair, of the University of Kent, Canterbury. The stories range from 1773 to 1912. There are many famous names included in this volume, such as Sir Walter Scott, perhaps best known for writing Ivanhoe , Edgar Allan Poe, who here offers us his Berenice , Charles Dickens, who here offers us something different from his David Copperfield and Oliver Twist , JS Le Fanu, Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose The Scarlet Letter I read years ago , Robert Louis Stevenson, who needs no introduction, Ambrose Bierce, who I had met thanks to the small Newton & Compton collection Tales from Beyond the Grave .