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Chargement... The Flaw in the Crystal: And Other Uncanny Storiespar May Sinclair
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Sinclair is a realist, however, and understands that not everything which has been broken can be repaired. In “Portrait of my Uncle” she explores a relationship, much like that between her and her mother, which has become toxic by its unrelenting proximity and how the mental trauma of that toxicity manifests in physical symptoms. “Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched,” perhaps Sinclair’s most famous tale, takes this realism into a more metaphysical arena as the increasingly nightmarish unlives of Oscar and Harriot, corrupted by guilt and lust, crack and repeat and crack once more into a chilling vision of one’s own, personal Hell; “We shall be one flesh and one spirit,” Oscar explains. “One sin repeated for ever and ever; spirit loathing flesh, flesh loathing spirit; you and I loathing each other.” There is something deeply horrible about “Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched,” far more vile than any more traditional vision of punishment or purgatory, that’s made only more intense by the matter-of-fact way the story unfolds. Appartient à la série éditorialeContientUncanny Stories {abridged} par May Sinclair (indirect) Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched {Catalan} par May Sinclair (indirect) The Villa Désirée [short fiction] par May Sinclair (indirect) The Token par May Sinclair (indirect) The Nature of The Evidence par May Sinclair (indirect) The Flaw in the Crystal par May Sinclair (indirect) Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched [short story] par May Sinclair (indirect)
Tales of eternal damnation, love, sexuality, death and supernatural talents form the core of May Sinclairs essential and groundbreaking oeuvre. Literary and still thrilling today, her stories explore the strangeness at the heart of human experience and relationships, where the mundane and the everyday meets lurking, otherworldly weirdness. Including the contents of the classic collections Uncanny Stories and The Intercessor and Other Stories, this new volume also features two rare strange tales from a third, lesser-known book which explores further facets of Sinclairs fascination with the uncanny. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.912Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945ÉvaluationMoyenne:
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