La sombra sobre Innsmouth

by H.P. Lovecraft

Se cuentan terribles relatos sobre el pueblo Innsmouth, un pueblo pesquero que antaño fue próspero, pero que ahora se halla sumido en la pobreza. La causa de la degradación se achaca a una epidemia procedente de un barco y que azotó sin piedad al pueblo. Sin embargo, las malas lenguas hablan sobre pactos con el diablo. Son pocos lo que se aventuran a viajar a ese pueblo, pues muchos extranjeros que no han regresado tras viajar a Innsmouth. Pese a todo, el protagonista de esta historia, un viajante en busca de sus orígenes familiares, se siente atraído por el pueblo y decide visitarlo de pasada hacia su destino final. Pero, para su desgracia, se ve obligado a pasar la noche en el pueblo. ¿Estará preparado para conocer los macabros secretos del pueblo?

63 pages, Paperback

Published June 21, 2021

About the author

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.

Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.

Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

— Wikipedia

Reviews

[Jukebook_juliet · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 🌟

[Gemma Prades · Rating 4 out of 5]

Resulta que ahir a la tarda, pel grup del club de lectura, van recordar que teniem la pròxima sessió i jo confiada de ser un llibre curtet, ni me l’havia començat a llegir. Així que avui ha tocat fer un sprint i llegir-me el llibre d’una sentada. Mai havia llegit Lovecraft, i nose com serà la resta de llibres, però aquest s’emporta una boníssima puntuació.
A vegades, la linia de la realitat no dista tant de la ficcio

[berta · Rating 2 out of 5]

dono gràcies a déu que el meu signe del zodiac és de terra i no d'aigua.

(molt antropocentrista la fuga, fa mandrota)

[Isabella · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5
I read the illustrated copy. And it was exciting and full of atmosphere. A gripping read. The artwork was amazing and I felt like it helped me getting into the story without distracting me from the actual words.

[Jörg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ein Klassiker und ein Muss für Lovecraft Fans

[Mari Mahi · Rating 4 out of 5]

tatsächlich eine eher schwächere Geschichte. ich habe allerdings das Buch mit den Bildern von Baranger gelesen und die waren wie immer der Hammer.