Name: John Silence-Physician Extraordinary / The Wave (in English)
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Author: Algernon Blackwood
ISBN: 9781944520250

portada John Silence-Physician Extraordinary / The Wave (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Algernon Blackwood

Introduction by

Stefan Dziemianowicz

Publisher

Stark House Press

Language

English

Pages

490

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.56 kg.

ISBN13

9781944520250

Synopsis "John Silence-Physician Extraordinary / The Wave (in English)"

JOHN SILENCE--PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY Dr. Silence is an eccentric man of science, philanthropic by nature, who specializes in cases involving psychical afflictions. An authority on the occult after years of rigorous training, John Silence is more interested in curing a home of an ancient haunting than in curing a head of the common cold. Herein are six of his most unusual cases, including the story of the man who seeks to renew childhood memories while travelling through France, but instead stumbles upon a monastery of the dead; and the island camping trip that turns into a shapeshifting nightmare. Six spellbinding tales from the grand master of supernatural fiction. THE WAVE Ever since childhood, Tom Kelverdon is haunted by a recurring dream in which a giant wave hovers over him. Strangely, he is aware in the dream that it isn't a wave of water, but something else. There is a sweet smell that accompanies this dream, and a vision of two bright blue eyes. Even as he grows older, Tom never loses this feeling of the Wave--his career as an engineer rides its own wave of success. Now in his 30s, he is reunited with Lettice, whom Tom had fallen in love with as a child, and meets up with her group in Egypt. So begins a strange journey that involves his impulsive cousin Tony--also in love with Lettice--as the three of them re-enact a doomed triangle from Egypt's dim past.

Algernon Blackwood

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(Reino Unido, 1869 - 1951). Escritor de relatos fantásticos, periodista y locutor de radio. Narró sus propios escritos en radio y televisión y escribió una autobiografía de sus primeros años. Su escrito, Los Sauces, es considerado uno de los mejores cuentos de terror de la historia. Fue una de las principales influencias de H.P. Lovecraft, quien lo definió como «maestro absoluto e incuestionable de la atmósfera espectral».

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