H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq

H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq

Presents an essay on the literary horror writer, HP Lovecraft. This book includes two Lovecraft stories and an introduction by Stephen King. This book illuminates both Lovecraft and Houellebecq's own work. It outlines Lovecraft's rejection of the world, infusing the writing with an energy and passion that characterises the author's novel.

'Houellebecq's superb discussion of Lovecraft offers deep insights into what drives his own writing' -- Phil Baker THE OBSERVER 'His [HP Lovecraft's] "consuming interior force" was fear - an absolute fear of life that is analysed in Houellebecq's serious and empathic critical essay' -- Iain Finlayson THE TIMES 'Who would have thought that Houellebecq owed such a debt to an American horror writer? Perhaps it is not so surprising. Both have turned their hostility to the world into an art form.' LITERARY REVIEW 'Houellebecq's essay is... a strikingly precise equivalent for our day of Baudelaire's notorious adulation of an earlier American writer of weird fiction, Edgar Poe.' -- Kevin Jackson SUNDAY TIMES 'his essay is both a formidable literary performance in itself, a work of real imaginative sympathy, and a consistently engrossing intellectural workout.' -- Sam Leith THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'fascinating polemic.' -- Richard Godwin THE EVENING STANDARD

Michel Houellebecq lives in County Cork, Ireland. He is the bestselling author of the Atomised, Platform, Lanzarote and Whatever. He is also a poet, essayist and rap artist.

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ISBN 13	9780297851387
ISBN 10	0297851381
Title	H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life
Author	Michel Houellebecq
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2006-07-13
Number of pages	256
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