Fear
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Fear
3.99 €
"I walked down dark corridors and then up again. I was alone; I shouted, I was not answered; I was alone in this vast, confusing, like a labyrinth, house" - a quote known to all connoisseurs and connoisseurs of Strugatsky's book "Monday Begins on Saturday". However, the name of the author of this quote may cause considerable surprise even to a very sophisticated reader: Guy de Maupassant!
The name of this classic of world literature is firmly associated with brilliant works, devoted mainly to the relationship between men and women, - works funny and serious, filled with always distinguished prose Maupassant impeccable knowledge of human nature. However, few people now know that Maupassant's talent had another facet.
In addition to realistic prose, he was the author of wonderful stories in the genre of mysticism and horror - stories, not inferior to the depth of psychology even the best of the works of Edgar Poe. Stories devoted to the darkest labyrinths of human consciousness ("On the River", "Who Knows?"), unexpected encounters with the supernatural ("Vision", "Fear") and sophisticated pathologies of the psyche ("Orla").
The name of this classic of world literature is firmly associated with brilliant works, devoted mainly to the relationship between men and women, - works funny and serious, filled with always distinguished prose Maupassant impeccable knowledge of human nature. However, few people now know that Maupassant's talent had another facet.
In addition to realistic prose, he was the author of wonderful stories in the genre of mysticism and horror - stories, not inferior to the depth of psychology even the best of the works of Edgar Poe. Stories devoted to the darkest labyrinths of human consciousness ("On the River", "Who Knows?"), unexpected encounters with the supernatural ("Vision", "Fear") and sophisticated pathologies of the psyche ("Orla").
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