Name: The Wine-Dark Sea
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ISBN: 9780571311729

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Aickman

Publisher

Faber and Faber

Language

English

Pages

464

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6 x 12.4 x 3.0 cm

ISBN13

9780571311729

Synopsis "The Wine-Dark Sea"

Peter Straub called Robert Aickman 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories'. Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term for them) are a subtle exploration of psychological displacement and paranoia. His characters are ordinary people that are gradually drawn into the darker recesses of their own minds. First published in the USA in 1988 and in the UK in 1990 The Wine-Dark Sea contains eight stories that will leave the reader unsettled as the protagonists' fears and desires, at once illogical and terrifying, culminate in a disturbing yet enigmatic ending. For fans of the horror genre Robert Aickman is a must read.

Robert Aickman

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He was born in 1914 and died in 1981. He wrote plays, novels, and was a memorable and passionate opera critic, but above all, he was an exceptional short story writer. Among other collections of stories, he published: We Are for the Dark. Six Ghost Stories (1951), Dark Entries (1964), Powers of Darkness (1966), Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories (1975), and Tales of Love and Death (1977).

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