Algernon Blackwood Ancient Sorceries recensie, review en informatie boek met spookverhalen uit 1927. Op 17 oktober 2024 verschijnt in de reeks Penguin weird fiction de herdruk van het boek met horrorverhalen van Engelse schrijver Algernon Blackwood. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave.
Algernon Blackwood Ancient Sorceries recensie, review en informatie
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Ancient Sorceries
The Adventures of John Silence
- Auteur: Algernon Blackwood (Engeland)
- Soort boek: spookverhalen uit 1927
- Uitgever: Penguin Weird Fiction
- Verschijnt: 17 oktober 2024
- Omvang: 256 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek met spookverhalen van Algernon Blackwood
Welcome to the casebook of Dr John Silence, Physician Extraordinary. After a long and severe training – five years he was gone from the face of the earth, travelling who knows where – Silence returned to England as the greatest occult detective of the age. When he takes up an investigation, when he comes to the aid of some poor, frightened soul, you can be sure it will lead to the most strange and terrifying of circumstances: from pagan magic in remote France to battles with ancient Egyptian fire spirits, and from geometry defying alternate dimensions to the most macabre of haunted houses.
Some of the first works written by Algernon Blackwood – one of the twentieth century’s greatest ghost story writers – these John Silence tales are a visionary blend of horror, fantasy and science fiction, and remain today as some of pinnacle achievements of Weird Fiction.
Algernon Blackwood (14 March 1869, Shooter’s Hill, Kent, England – 10 December 1951, London) was one of the most influential horror writers of the twentieth century. Transcending the boundaries of conventional writing in the genre, his tales are celebrated for their atmospheric descriptions, psychological depth, and their deep interest in phenomena outside of conventional human experience. A lover of nature, his writing is imbued with a mysticism and awe for his surroundings, and much of his work is concerned with the beauty and terror to be found in moutainscapes and dark forests. Blackwood’s influence extends beyond horror literature, inspiring authors across various genres and with his evocative storytelling and philosophical insight.