Robert W. Chambers

Robert William Chambers (1865-1933) nació en Brooklyn en una familia de terratenientes de origen escocés. Estudió en el New York Art Student’s League y en 1886 se trasladó a París, donde convivió con

A beautiful gift edition of this cult classic of supernatural fiction, out in time for Halloween and ChristmasThe four uncanny and terrifying tales contained between these covers are all linked by their reference to a certain notorious play, a cursed, forbidden play that has spread like a contagion across the world, a play in which the second act reveals truths so terrible, and so beautiful, that it drives all who read it to lunatic despair: The King in Yellow.These stories are some of the most thrilling ever written in the field of weird fiction. Since their first publication in 1895 they have become cult classics, influencing many writers from the renowned master of cosmic horror H. P. Lovecraft to the creators of HBOs True Detective.Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American author and artist. He was a prolific writer and enjoyed great success during his lifetime, with an output ranging from romance to science fiction. However, it is principally for the weird stories contained in The King in Yellow, which are regarded as some of the most important works of American supernatural fiction, that he is remembered today.

UN CLASSIC DE LA LITERATURA FANTASTICA, QUE ARRIBA FINS AVUI Tenia _El Rei de Groc_ als peus, obert a la segona part. Vaig mirar la Tessie i vaig adonar-me que era massa tard. Havia llegit El Rei de Groc. La vaig agafar de la ma i la vaig conduir fins a l'estudi. Semblava estordida, i quan li vaig dir que es tombes al sofa va obeir-me sense dir res. Aquest es un dels efectes que produeix la lectura d'un llibre maleit, al voltant del qual giren les histories de Robert W. Chambers, que tambe porten per titol _El Rei de Groc_, el llibre dins del llibre. Chambers, la baula que connecta Poe amb Lovecraft, va esdevenir instantaniament un autor de culte per als seguidors de la literatura fantastica i ha inspirat amb els seus contes dominats pel mal, l'horror i l'element sobrenatural tots els escriptors posteriors, des del mateix Lovecraft (que va inspirar-s'hi per crear els mites de Cthulhu) fins a Raymond Chandler, Stephen King o, mes recentment, Nic Pizzolato i la meravellosa True Detective. Inclou el conte L'habitant de Carcosa, d'Ambrose Bierce, que comparteix ambient.

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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet'. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird fiction. This series of vaguely connected stories is linked by the presence of a monstrous and suppressed book which brings fright, madness and spectral tragedy to all those who read it. An air of futility and doom pervade these pages like a sweet insidious poison. Dare you read it? This collection has been called the most important book in American supernatural fiction between Poe and the moderns. H. P. Lovecraft, creator of the famed Cthulu mythos, whose own fiction was greatly influenced by this book stated that The King in Yellow 'achieves notable heights of cosmic fear'.

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