Hide Me Among the Graves
Autor Tim Powersen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781848874084
ISBN-10: 1848874081
Pagini: 511
Dimensiuni: 156 x 231 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Ediția:Trade Paperback.
Editura: Atlantic Books
ISBN-10: 1848874081
Pagini: 511
Dimensiuni: 156 x 231 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Ediția:Trade Paperback.
Editura: Atlantic Books
Notă biografică
TIM POWERS is the author of several acclaimed works of speculative fiction. His books have won both the World Fantasy and the Philip K. Dick Memorial Awards, twice. He has received the Locus Award three times. He lives in San Bernardino, California.
Recenzii
"'Tim Powers is a brilliant writer... Wonderfully original' William Gibson * 'Tim Powers has long been one of my absolutely favourite writers, those whose new books I snatch up as soon as they appear... Narrative sparkle, great dialogue, speculative imagination, and emotional power.' - PETER STRAUB * 'Philip K. Dick felt that one day Tim Powers would be one of our greatest fantasy writers. Phil was right.' - ROGER ZELAZNY * 'Historical fact, dazzling flights of imagination, and wonderful suspense.' - DEAN KOONTZ * 'Tim Powers is the apostle of gonzo history... [He] promises marvels and horrors, and delivers them all.' - ORSON SCOTT CARD * 'Powers' novels are big in every sense: vast in scope, philosophically deep, impeccably wrought.' - Guardian * 'One of the most original and innovative writers of fantasy currently working.' - Washington Post * 'An uncommon literary talent. If heavenly muses were to put Dean Koontz, John Le Carre and Robert Parker into a creative blender, then moulded the mix into a brand new writer, the result would be something akin to Tim Powers.' - Denver Post * 'Powers's stellar supernatural thriller...Powers works an impressively original variation on the vampire theme...The meticulous attention to historical and literary detail grounds the story solidly in its period and enhances its imaginative reach.' - Publishers Weekly"
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London, winter of 1862, Adelaide McKee, a former prostitute, arrives on the doorstep of veterinarian John Crawford, a man she met once seven years earlier. Their brief meeting produced a child who, until now, had been presumed dead. McKee has learned that the girl lives—but that her life and soul are in mortal peril from a vampiric ghost. But this is no ordinary spirit; the bloodthirsty wraith is none other than John Polidori, the onetime physician to the mad, bad, and dangerous Romantic poet Lord Byron. Both McKee and Crawford have mysterious histories with creatures like Polidori, and their child is a prize the malevolent spirit covets dearly.
Polidori is also the late uncle and supernatural muse to the poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. When she was just fourteen years old, Christina unwittingly brought Polidori's curse upon her family. And when Polidori resurrects Dante's dead wife—turning her into a horrifying vampire—and threatens other family members, Christina and Dante agree that they must destroy their monstrous uncle and break the spell. Determined to save their daughter, McKee and Crawford join forces with the Rossettis, and soon these wildly mismatched allies are plunged into a supernatural London underworld whose existence goes beyond their wildest imaginings.
Polidori is also the late uncle and supernatural muse to the poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. When she was just fourteen years old, Christina unwittingly brought Polidori's curse upon her family. And when Polidori resurrects Dante's dead wife—turning her into a horrifying vampire—and threatens other family members, Christina and Dante agree that they must destroy their monstrous uncle and break the spell. Determined to save their daughter, McKee and Crawford join forces with the Rossettis, and soon these wildly mismatched allies are plunged into a supernatural London underworld whose existence goes beyond their wildest imaginings.