Matt Ruff: Lovecraft Country. Olive Edition, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Lovecraft Country. Olive Edition
- A Novel
- Publisher:
- Harper Collins Publ. USA, 08/2024
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780063412958
- Item number:
- 11749842
- Volume:
- 400 Pages
- Weight:
- 276 g
- Format:
- 174 x 112 mm
- Thickness:
- 28 mm
- Release date:
- 27.8.2024
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
Now an HBO® series from J. J. Abrams (executive producer of Westworld ), Misha Green (creator of Underground ), and Jordan Peele (director of Get Out and Us ), this brilliant and imaginative novel by critically acclaimed author Matt Ruff makes visceral the terrors of Jim Crow America, melding historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror.
Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George---publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide---and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite---heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus's ancestors---they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.
A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism---the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.
Biography
Matt Ruff wurde 1965 in New York geboren und wuchs als Sohn eines lutheranischen Pfarrers in Queens auf. Er studierte bei Alison Lurie und schloß 1987 sein Studium an der Cornell University, Ithaca, ab. 1991 erschien die deutsche Ausgabe seines Erstlingswerks 'Fool on the Hill'.
