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A carregar... We Are for the Dark: Six Ghost Storiespor Robert Aickman, Elizabeth Jane Howard
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We Are for the Dark is a remarkable collection, and one that can be said to have kick-started the 'Aickmanesque' short story. Credit for the genesis of this sub-genre of the ghost story should be given jointly to Robert Aickman and his collaborator in We Are for the Dark, Elizabeth Jane Howard. Contributing three tales each, the authors were not identified with their own stories when the book was first published in 1951. We Are for the Dark contains six stories: 'The Trains', 'The View' and 'The Insuffi-cient Answer' are by Robert Aickman, while 'Three Miles Up', 'Left Luggage' and 'Perfect Love' are by Elizabeth Jane Howard. R.B. Russell's new Introduction is based on his interview with the surviving author, Elizabeth Jane Howard. We Are for the Dark is a sewn hardback of 258+xii pages, printed lithographically, with head and tailbands, and d/w. Limited to 350 copies. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The View is the only story that appears to be similar to the more mature Aickman. It is anthologized in a slightly different form elsewhere. This version is unique to this anthology. The Trains is Aickman's first published story and it has a fairly conventional ending that pretty much ties things up. The Insufficient Answer is the strangest, for Aickman, story here being a straight Gothic mystery however with some typical Aickman weird elements.
The Howard stories are also very good and although mostly conventional spook stories actually partake of more Aickmanesque elements than the Aickman stories. Three Miles Up you would swear was written by Aickman particularly because of its enigmatic ending and the fact that it entirely takes place on a British canal.
A worthwhile collection particularly as it shows Aickman's development into a more mature and unique writer and all the stories are very good. There is a very good but brief introduction by the publisher R.B. Russell based mainly on interviews with Howard who is still living. There is a transcript of the actual interview not included here somewhere on the Tartarus Press site. ( )