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The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.Robert Aickman's self-described "strange stories" are confoundingly and uniquely his own. His territory of the strange, of the "void be… Celý popis ↓
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The best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.Robert Aickman's self-described "strange stories" are confoundingly and uniquely his own. His territory of the strange, of the "void behind the face of order," is a surreal region that grotesquely mimics the quotidian: Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river? These superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life.
Does a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard contain the souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to death? What does it mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then another--and then another? Published for the first time under one cover, the stories in this collection offer an unequaled introduction to a profoundly
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