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A carregar... Lukundoo [short fiction]por Edward Lucas White
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. An old-fashioned, but effectively creepy tale. A group of anthropologists in search of unknown tribes in 'deepest, darkest' Africa unexpectedly encounters an old colleague - who has fallen victim to a grotesque curse. Fairly certain I'd read this one before, long ago. I would have to agree. The victim, Stone, also specifies that the curse was not laid on him from 'without,' but that it emanates from within his bones, which is why he has no hope of it being lifted. The poison that has ruined his life is within, part of his character, and he has taken that poison, and the knowledge of the people he has wronged and the ill deeds he has done, to Africa with him. Yes, his evil 'demons' manifest in a way that is "appropriate" to the setting, but I don't think that the reader is supposed to believe that a native shaman is responsible. Although certainly the story references and owes much to the genre involving fear of "primitive witchcraft," it's more about how people are unable to escape their own natures. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Except for a faint glow from the embers of the bearers' fire we were in complete darkness, little starlight struggled through the trees, the river made but a faint murmur. We could hear the two voices together and then suddenly the creaking voice changed into a razor-edged, slicing whistle, indescribably cutting, continuing right through Stone's grumbling torrent of croaking words. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Fairly certain I'd read this one before, long ago.
I would have to agree. The victim, Stone, also specifies that the curse was not laid on him from 'without,' but that it emanates from within his bones, which is why he has no hope of it being lifted. The poison that has ruined his life is within, part of his character, and he has taken that poison, and the knowledge of the people he has wronged and the ill deeds he has done, to Africa with him. Yes, his evil 'demons' manifest in a way that is "appropriate" to the setting, but I don't think that the reader is supposed to believe that a native shaman is responsible. Although certainly the story references and owes much to the genre involving fear of "primitive witchcraft," it's more about how people are unable to escape their own natures.