The House on the Borderland
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- 2,49 €
Description de l’éditeur
While on a fishing trip near a remote Irish village, two men find more than they expected... Exploring the riverbank, they are astonished to see the river abruptly plunge into a deep chasm. In the abyss stands the remains of an oddly shaped house. Inside the ruins, the men find a strange old manuscript, filled with precise but strange writing.
The journal reveals the story of a man's apparent descent into madness. He chronicles otherworldly visions, trips to other dimensions, and attacks from swine-like creatures. After awakening from one of his visions, the man finds that seemingly nothing has changed. Only then does he realize that the supernatural and horrific events are real.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The Horror Writers Association continues its Haunted Library of Horror Classics series with this reprint of Hodgson's eerie 1908 novel, a pioneering work in the weird fiction canon. Two travelers in Ireland come across a large house that has half-fallen into an immense pit surrounded by brambles and overgrowth. Within the house, they discover a tattered diary written by an unnamed man, referred to in footnotes as the Recluse, who lived in the house with his sister turned housekeeper, Mary, and canine companion, Pepper, his only friend. The Recluse writes of the unimaginable horrors he's experienced while living in the house, encountering demons he calls the "swine-things" and descending into madness as he visits otherworldly dimensions and sees visions of the end of the world. Even seasoned horror readers will be taken in by the atmosphere of existential dread Hodgson evokes in the Recluse's descriptions of his torment. An introduction by contemporary horror titan Ramsey Campbell, a brief account of Hodgson's life, and footnotes throughout add helpful context that will ease readers into Hodgson's uncanny world. Weird fiction fans should snap this up.
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