H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life ; Including two stories by H. P. Lovecraft
Softcover
2005 · San Francisco, CA
by Houellebecq, Michel and H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King
San Francisco, CA: Believer Books, 2005. Softcover. VG- (Ex-art library, with label on front cover, i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, adhesive mylar covering closes French flaps; otherwise internally clean.). Tan and black and illus., adhesive mylar cover on wraps; 247 pp. Considers the life and work of American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), as analyzed by French author and Lovecraft admirer Michel Houellebecq. With an introduction by Stephen King, and the texts of two short stories from Lovecraft: "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Whisperer in Darkness." Includes bibliography. Translated from the French by Dorna Khazeni. (Inventory #: 159516)