Quartier Perdu and Other Stories - Couverture souple

O'Brien, Sean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905583702 ISBN 13 : 9781905583706

Editeur : Comma Press, 2018

Synopsis

NOMINATED for Best Single-Author Collection in the Shirley Jackson Awards 2018. Sheltering from an air raid in an empty underground station, a young woman encounters a strangely out-of-place vessel passing along the platform...

A librarian cataloguing the manuscripts of a recently deceased horror writer notices one particular box, relating to his most mystical work, has disappeared...

A young academic takes up residency in the former home of an obscure, Dutch poet in order to better understand the strange rumours surrounding his demise...

Sean O'Brien's stories are all lit with the unmistakable hue of the Victorian gothic: from the rantings of a deranged psychiatric patient, to the apparition of demons swarming into a remote, rural railway station; solemn oaths are broken and need atoning for; minor transgressions are met with outlandish curses. Often we join O'Brien's protagonists attempting to take time out from their troubles, but removing themselves from their normal lives only lets the supernatural in, and before they know it personal demons find very literal ones to conspire with.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sean O'Brien is a poet, critic, editor, translator, playwright, broadcaster and novelist. His poetry has won multiple awards, including the T S Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize (three times), and the E M Forster Award. His eighth poetry collection, The Beautiful Librarians, won the 2015 Roehampton Poetry Prize. His second novel, Once Again Assembled Here, was published in 2016, as was Hammersmith, a chapbook of poetry and photographs. 2018 sees the publication of his ninth collection of poetry, Europa, and his second collection of short stories from Comma Press, Quartier Perdu. Born in London, Sean O'Brien grew up in Hull and now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Comma Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905583702
• ISBN 13: 9781905583706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible