Name: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures (in English)
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Author: Robert E. Howard
ISBN: 9780345505453

portada El Borak and Other Desert Adventures (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert E. Howard

Publisher

Random House Worlds

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

559

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 16.0 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.80 kg.

ISBN

9780345505453

ISBN13

9780345505453

Synopsis "El Borak and Other Desert Adventures (in English)"

Robert E. Howard is famous for creating such immortal heroes as Conan the Cimmerian, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn. Less well-known but equally extraordinary are his non-fantasy adventure stories set in the Middle East and featuring such two-fisted heroes as Francis Xavier Gordon--known as "El Borak"--Kirby O'Donnell, and Steve Clarney. This trio of hard-fighting Americans, civilized men with more than a touch of the primordial in their veins, marked a new direction for Howard's writing, and new territory for his genius to conquer. The wily Texan El Borak, a hardened fighter who stalks the sandscapes of Afghanistan like a vengeful wolf, is rivaled among Howard's creations only by Conan himself. In such classic tales as "The Daughter of Erlik Khan," "Three-Bladed Doom," and "Sons of the Hawk," Howard proves himself once again a master of action, and with plenty of eerie atmosphere his plotting becomes tighter and twistier than ever, resulting in stories worthy of comparison to Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. Every fan of Robert E. Howard and aficionados of great adventure writing will want to own this collection of the best of Howard's desert tales, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artists Tim Bradstreet and Jim & Ruth Keegan.

Robert E. Howard

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(1906-1936) fue un escritor estadounidense de aventuras históricas y fantásticas. Fue pionero y creador del sub-género de "Espada y Brujería", gracias a la creación de personajes como “Kull De Atlantis”, "Solomon Kane" y "Conan". Sus historias fueron publicadas principalmente en la revista Weird Tales en los años 1930. Para esta revista ideó numerosos personajes que lo convirtieron en uno de los escritores más exitosos de su tiempo. En su período de esplendor como autor mantuvo correspondencia con H. P. Lovecraft y Clark Ashton Smith. Es, junto con J. R. R. Tolkien, uno de los escritores más influyentes de la fantasía heroica moderna.

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