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Sinossi
Chiunque abbia visto qualche film del terrore con al centro una costruzione abitata da sinistre presenze si sarà trovato a chiedersi almeno una volta perché le vittime di turno non optino, prima che sia troppo tardi, per la soluzione più semplice - e cioè non escano dalla stessa porta dalla quale sono entrati, allontanandosi senza voltarsi indietro. A tale domanda, meno oziosa di quanto potrebbe parere, questo romanzo fornisce una risposta. Non è infatti la fragile e indifesa Eleanor Vance a scegliere la Casa, prolungando l'esperimento paranormale in cui l'ha coinvolta l'inquietante professor Montague. È la Casa - con le sue torrette buie, le sue porte che sembrano aprirsi da sole - a scegliere, per sempre, Eleanor Vance.
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- Pagine: 233
- Data di uscita: 03-06-2016
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‘ Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within… ’ Of all the haunted places, your own mind can be the most terrifying. Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House interplays between supernatural and psychological horror where a twisted and sinister haunted house hel Leggi tutto
I'm falling in love with this book all over again as I re-read it. The premise is that of a science experiment--an academic exercise to test the reality of house-haunting. I love the fact that the opening pages essentially replicate the clinical nature of the premise: here's the chief investigator,
”No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. W Leggi tutto
The Haunting of Hill House (1959) is justly revered as an exemplar of the horror genre, not only because its plot provides the template for all those haunted house tales to come, but also because its superb prose and subtle psychology transcend genre, transforming what might otherwise have been mere Leggi tutto
Honestly, all you need to know about my reading experience with this book is the following: - I never (EVER!!!!) get scared of books. - My least favorite genre of movie is horror, because they're not scary and are therefore just ~boring~. - I am obsessed with ghost stories but they are never satisfying Leggi tutto
1,6 /5 Stars ⭐️⭐️ “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.” This book was so conflicting to me... not in terms of the plot but it terms of WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE IT? It was literally a void of a book, a very bizarre and extravagant but not really book. Leggi tutto
This book is not about fear but rather about the love of being afraid--for the ravenous gauging of limits. Adrenaline is searched for.... neurosis & a dreadful collective paranoia ensues. & cause, naturally, follows effect. "Books are frequently very good carriers... Materializations are often best p Leggi tutto
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