Night-Pieces (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
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Night-Pieces (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by Thomas Burke
Perhaps no writer of the early 20th century had a better knowledge of London than Thomas Burke (1886-1945), and his collection Night-Pieces (1935) contains eighteen of his most haunting tales of that immense city's dark back alleys, shadowy courts, and mysterious houses. In Burke's London, anything might happen. You might turn round a corner and find yourself back in your childhood. A casual drink with a stranger might end with you - quite literally - losing your head. That pale, slightly sinister-looking man sitting across the restaurant might be a murdered corpse, returned from the dead. And those footsteps you hear following you as you walk along a foggy street, faintly lit by gaslight . well, let's just say you had better not look behind you .A groundbreaking and undeservedly neglected volume, Night-Pieces contains a wide variety of weird and outre tales, ranging from stories of crime and murder to tales of ghosts, zombies, and the supernatural. This is the first unabridged reprint of Burke's collection since its original appearance and reproduces the jacket art of the first British edition.
An artist for whom I have always entertained a great admiration . This is a volume of really good short stories. - Gerald Gould, Observer
A master of the psychology of fear, of the torments of the crime-burdened conscience . 'The Lonely Inn' is close to a masterpiece. - The American Mercury
His talent is as great as ever . in even the eeriest of them there is more fascination than horror . excellent. - Guardian
Burke, Thomas: - Thomas Burke received a BA from Union College and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Eastbound into the Cosmos is his first novel. He has contributed work to Tin House, The Rumpus, Playboy, Hobart Pulp and St. Petersburg Review, among other places. He has taught at UMass Amherst, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University, where he is currently assistant director of the Kaplan Humanities Institute. Formerly Burke helped direct the Summer Literary Seminars in Russia and co-founded its sister program in Kenya. He is the recipient of the Eugene Yudis Prize for fiction, a fellowship from the UMass Amherst MFA Program, and a residency at Art Omi's Ledig House, among other honors. He lives in Evanston, IL with his wife and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781943910212 |
| ISBN 10 | 1943910219 |
| Titel | Night-Pieces (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) |
| Autor | Thomas Burke |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Valancourt Books |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2016-01-05 |
| Seitenanzahl | 168 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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