- Sub Rosa
- by Robert
Aickman
- Introduction by R.B. Russell
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- British short story writer, critic, lecturer and
novelist, Robert Aickman is considered by many to be one of the finest
modern writers of ghost stories. But Aickman himself referred to his
tales as "strange stories", for they are often open to more complex
interpretations. The writing is subtle and poetic, presenting us with
both psychological and more material terrors. Sub Rosa (first published
1968) is a collection of eight tales "Ravissante", "The Inner Room",
"Never Visit Venice", "The Unsettled Dust", "The Houses of the
Russians", "No Stronger Than a Flower", "The Cicerones", "Into the
Wood".
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- This edition of Sub Rosa will also contain story notes by the
author.
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- Sub Rosa is a sewn hardback
of 288+ ix pages, printed lithographically, with silk ribbon marker,
head and tailbands, and d/w.
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- Cover artwork by Stephen J Clark of The Singing Garden.
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- ISBN 978-1-905784-28-8
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- Limited to 350 copies.
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- £32.50/ $50 inc. p&p.
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- Review:
- [Aickman's] writing is
sophisticated, confounding and unnerving in equal measure; extreme and
diverse reactions to his work are to be expected, but it is for these
same reasons that he still attracts so many admirers. - Brian Showers,
Rue Morgue
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Page updated 15th May 2012
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