Vincent O'Sullivan Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Featuring a collection of expertly woven tales, this book showcases the unsettling and eerie themes characteristic of a master in the genre. Each story delves into the darker aspects of human nature, blending suspense with psychological depth. Readers can expect a captivating exploration of fear and the unknown, where every narrative intricately builds tension and evokes a haunting atmosphere. Perfect for fans of horror and the macabre, these stories promise to linger in the mind long after reading.

In der Totenkammer schlich er hin und her und untersuchte mit heimlichtuerischer Geschäftigkeit die Regale mit den Särgen. Seine Augen waren eingesunken, sein Antlitz totengleich verzerrt. Aus dem unten offenen Sarg der Mutter, der bebend auf einer Steinbank ruhte, sah ich eine Wasserratte kriechen.Furcht und Leidenschaft, Verfall und Tod: das sind die großen Themen der britischen Dekadenzphantastik. In 30 makabren Geschichten - die meisten davon deutsche Erstveröffentlichungen - gewinnt das dunkle Erbe der Dekadenz faszinierende Gestalt.7 Vorwort17 MIT DEM TOD FLIRTENZur dunklen Geschichte der Dekadenz43 Vincent 0iSullivan48 ALS ICH TOTWAR54 MADAME JAHN64 WILLENSKRAFT72 Arthur Quiller-Couch76 DAS SPIEGELKABINETT97 Bernard Capes99 DER WASSERFALL128 Richard Garnett131 DER SATANISCHE PAPST143 H.B. Marriott Watson147 IN DEN SÜMPFEN154 Ella DiArcy158 DIE VILLA LUCIENNE170 Eric Count Stenbock176 DIE ANDERE SEITE191 VIOL DíAMOR200 EIN MODERNER SANKTVENANTIUS206 Charlotte Mew211 EINE WEIßE NACHT236 Jerome K. Jerome240 SILHOUETTEN250 Max Beerbohm254 A.V. LAIDER282 ENOCH SOAMESDer Herausgeber Frank Rainer Scheck wurde für die Reihe MEISTERWERKE DER PHANTASTIK mit dem DEUTSCHEN FANTASY PREIS ausgezeichnet.

This anthology presents 50 stories by over 40 of New Zealand's best writers. Nineteenth-century writing, which is largely unknown, is represented by Clara Cheeseman and G B Lancaster, as well as by the more familiar Lady Barker and itinerant Henry Lawson. In the early twentieth century Katherine Mansfield is followed by Greville Texidor as well as Frank Sargeson and Dan Davin. The middle years of the century exhibit a flowering of talent. Janet Frame, Maurice Duggan, and Maurice Gee are all fine practitioners of the genre, while Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace are the strong voices of Maori writing. The past dozen or so years have seen an explosion of new writing, with talents as diverse as Owen Marshall, Keri Hulme, Barbara Anderson, and Peter Wells. The selection provides an introduction to New Zealand short fiction that readers interestd in the new literatures in English will find stimulating and surprising. The stories are accompanied by brief biographical notes and a glossary of Maori words.

Katherine Mansfield is New Zealand's most celebrated writer, and one of the key figures in the history of the short story in English. This is the first time the stories set in her own country have been brought together and published in the order in which she wrote them. The Mansfield that emerges from this fresh perspective is both familiar and unexpected.