Description
| Product ID: | 9782374950846 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life |
| Authors: | Author: Michel Houellebecq |
| Page Count: | 150 |
| Subjects: | Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: arts & entertainment, Classic science fiction, Classic science fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Part biographical sketch, part pronouncement on existence and literature, the French best-selling novelist Michel Houellebecq's H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life was published in France in 1991 and is the first non-fiction text ever published by the author. In this encomium, France’s most famous contemporary author praises his prewar American alter ego’s style, which couldn't be much less like his own. With a foreword by a Lovecraft admirer, Stephen King, this eloquently translated edition is both an insightful introduction to Lovecraft’s dark mythology and Houellebecq’s deadpan prose. The award-winning French novelist pays tribute to a literary hero in this critical biography of the master of horror—with a foreword by Stephen King. Best known for his acclaimed novels, such as the Prix Goncourt-winning The Map and the Territory, Michael Houellebecq devotes his single work of nonfiction to the pioneering author of horror and weird fiction, H. P. Lovecraft. In a volume that is part biographical sketch and part pronouncement on existence and literature, France''s most famous contemporary author praises his prewar American alter ego, whose style couldn''t be less like his own. With a foreword by Lovecraft admirer Stephen King, this eloquently translated edition is an insightful introduction to both Lovecraft’s dark mythology and Houellebecq’s deadpan prose. |
| Imprint Name: | Cernunnos |
| Publisher Name: | Cernunnos |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-02-03 |