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Die Katzen von Ulthar
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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H.P. Lovecraft
6,040 books19.2k followersHoward 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
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
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October 16, 2017
E' il mio primo incontro con Lovercraft e mi ha suscitato molta curiosità verso questo autore che dovrò sicuramente leggere con maggiore attenzione.
Il primo racconto, I gatti di Ulthar, è di poche pagine e gioca sui sospetti e sui timori della gente: nulla viene confermato; proprio questo riesce a suscitare un brivido nel lettore che non potrà mai più guardare in modo indifferente alcun gatto.
Nel secondo, I ratti nei muri, i gatti hanno un ruolo marginale: fidi compagni dai sensi sviluppati in grado di percepire il sovrannaturale che si nasconde in un vecchio castello restaurato. Antichi segreti sono racchiusi nelle fondamenta del castello De La Poer e la loro scoperta aprirà la porta all’orrore e alla distruzione.
Il primo racconto, I gatti di Ulthar, è di poche pagine e gioca sui sospetti e sui timori della gente: nulla viene confermato; proprio questo riesce a suscitare un brivido nel lettore che non potrà mai più guardare in modo indifferente alcun gatto.
Nel secondo, I ratti nei muri, i gatti hanno un ruolo marginale: fidi compagni dai sensi sviluppati in grado di percepire il sovrannaturale che si nasconde in un vecchio castello restaurato. Antichi segreti sono racchiusi nelle fondamenta del castello De La Poer e la loro scoperta aprirà la porta all’orrore e alla distruzione.
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