Le Horla et autres nouvelles fantastiques
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9782266159203 (2266159208)
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages no: 100
Edition language: French
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Mystery,
Horror,
Roman,
France,
French Literature,
Short Stories
Neatly masterful short story which suffers for the contemporary reader from being too influential. Lovecraft was all over the first person descent into madness narrative like Chthulu on New England port towns, though of course he saw it here first. Nevertheless, the sheer whackadoo poetry of our unn...
One of the few times seeing two different versions of a text was a downside to me: The way The Horla was presented in this edition just seemed like showing two different drafts of an interesting but not necessarily ground breaking story (even if it was for it's time).