Author: | Robert Aickman | ISBN: | 9780571311781 |
Publisher: | Faber & Faber | Publication: | June 3, 2014 |
Imprint: | Faber & Faber | Language: | English |
Author: | Robert Aickman |
ISBN: | 9780571311781 |
Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
Publication: | June 3, 2014 |
Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
Language: | English |
Robert Aickman (1914-1981) was the grandson of Richard Marsh, a leading Victorian novelist of the occult. Though his chief occupation in life was first as a conservationist of England's canals he eventually turned his talents to writing what he called 'strange stories.' Dark Entries (1964) was his first full collection, the debut in a body of work that would inspire Peter Straub to hail Aickman as 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories.'
Robert Aickman (1914-1981) was the grandson of Richard Marsh, a leading Victorian novelist of the occult. Though his chief occupation in life was first as a conservationist of England's canals he eventually turned his talents to writing what he called 'strange stories.' Dark Entries (1964) was his first full collection, the debut in a body of work that would inspire Peter Straub to hail Aickman as 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories.'