{"product_id":"nightshade-20th-century-ghost-stories-paperback","title":"Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ghost story redefined in twenty-seven chilling tales from notable crafters of twentieth-century literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The phantasms, shades, and specters in this volume of ghost stories by contemporary writers like Alison Lurie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Joyce Carol Oates, and William Trevor as well as such modern literary giants as Henry James, Isak Dinesen, Franz Kafka, and Rudyard Kipling write letters, carry lanterns, ride bicycles, patrol halls, run motorboats, rake leaves, and deliver mail. They also inhabit dolls and sticks of furniture. Some of them merely haunt houses, while others invade the darkest corners of the soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout this expertly edited collection, a companion to Robert Phillips's equally successful anthology, the very popular \u003ci\u003eOmnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories, \u003c\/i\u003ewriters as distinctive of their decade as Edith Wharton and Muriel Spark or the incomparable Max Beerbohm and the up-and-coming Max Eberts explore the literary possibilities of the classic ghost story to deliver taut suspense, psychological terror, and eerie mystery. The irresistible mix of chills and artistry, of terror and genius, make every tale in this volume worth the visit.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Phillips \u003c\/b\u003eis the author and editor of more than twenty-five books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Triumph of the Night, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was reissued in paperback as \u003ci\u003eThe Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is Moores University Scholar at the University of Houston and has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 470\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 8.96 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53191550042419,"sku":"9780786708086","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SDM0VnVvc25oNk1BNE5aRFdtT2JCZz09.webp?v=1775045122","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/nightshade-20th-century-ghost-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}