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Название книги: Personal Demons
Автор(ы): Christopher Fowler
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Personal-Demons-145778.html
PREFACE
'Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.'W. Shakespeare, Julius CaesarShort stories of the fantastic are cowards' deaths, explorations of what might yet be. They are premonitions written to disturb and ultimately comfort, because they present us with the results of our darkest dreams. They help us to deal with our fears and realise our fantasies.Kenneth Tynan said 'when the writer cares more about the audience's reaction than the truth of the character or situation, they are writing for effect, they are writing melodrama.' The problem is, many novels and short stories seem to exist for the sole purpose of producing a series of melodramatic effects. Editors often ask for a showy set-piece to be situated at the start of a novel. Anthologies look for shock-pieces. The 'new lad' school of writing precipitated by Irvine Welsh has nearly kicked everything else off the shelves. Writers of great power and subtlety are treated as creators of specialist literatur
Название книги: Personal Demons
Автор(ы): Christopher Fowler
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Personal-Demons-145778.html
PREFACE
'Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.'W. Shakespeare, Julius CaesarShort stories of the fantastic are cowards' deaths, explorations of what might yet be. They are premonitions written to disturb and ultimately comfort, because they present us with the results of our darkest dreams. They help us to deal with our fears and realise our fantasies.Kenneth Tynan said 'when the writer cares more about the audience's reaction than the truth of the character or situation, they are writing for effect, they are writing melodrama.' The problem is, many novels and short stories seem to exist for the sole purpose of producing a series of melodramatic effects. Editors often ask for a showy set-piece to be situated at the start of a novel. Anthologies look for shock-pieces. The 'new lad' school of writing precipitated by Irvine Welsh has nearly kicked everything else off the shelves. Writers of great power and subtlety are treated as creators of specialist literatur
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