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Durante un'uscita in una remota regione delle Adirondack, accompagnato dal suo amico Dan, Abe viene a conoscenza di un sinistro racconto del folklore locale su un misterioso corso d'acqua, il Dutchman's Creek, e su alcuni uomini che hanno affrontato un'esperienza terrificante nella zona. Abe e Dan, affascinati dalla leggenda, decidono di rintracciare il torrente per la loro prossima battuta di pesca, ma in quelle acque scopriranno qualcosa di inimmaginabile, una dimensione abitata da una presenza antica e ultraterrena che parla con le voci di coloro che i due uomini hanno amato e perduto. "Il Pescatore" è un romanzo contemporaneo che spinge l'orrore lovecraftiano in territori inesplorati, tra mostruosità bibliche e richiami all'opera di Herman Melville. La scrittura densa e suggestiva di John Langan esplora i temi dell'amore e del lutto, danzando tra presente e passato, per raccontarci una storia spaventosa di fragilità umana, perdita e mistero.
- ISBN: 1280868422
- Casa Editrice: Zona 42
- Pagine: 360
- Data di uscita: 21-02-2024
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For a hot minute, I thought I was stuck reading a book about fishing. That is no good for someone with the attention span of a squirrel. A book has to grab me fast to make me hang in there. So I struggled for a few chapters because it was all about fishing. I mean, it is The Fisherman. Is a giant fi Leggi tutto
One of my favorites of 2016 so far. And I blurbed it! Cue blurb! John Langan’s The Fisherman is literary horror at its sharpest and most imaginative. It’s at turns a quiet and powerfully melancholy story about loss and grief; the impossibility of going on in same manner as you had before. It’s also a Leggi tutto
“It would be a lie to say the time passes quickly. It never does, when you want it to.” You know you’ve got a real special book on your hands when the first thing you do upon finishing is reshuffle your top 10 books of ALL-TIME. This hasn’t happened since East of Eden this time last year! So that is Leggi tutto
I've been meaning to read this book since I first heard it won a Bram Stoker award. Pro tip: If you're ever looking for good horror books to read, just go back and look at what was nominated and the winners of the Stokers or the Shirley Jackson awards. So The Fisherman! I had heard that people were ca Leggi tutto
Hi, so I was worried this would be one of those books that I liked looking like I liked, rather than actually… just liking it. Does that make any sense? Anyway, this is a book about fishermen. No really, it is! Oh yeah, I suppose it’s also about two coworkers, Abe and Dan, who both suffered tremendo Leggi tutto
This is a tough one to rate and I seem to be ripped between 2 and 3 stars. Either way, my opinion is rather unpopular as it seems, what with all the 4 and 5-star reviews here. I know I sound like a broken record, but I'm really strict when it comes to horror. For me, horror is a very delicate matter Leggi tutto
I'm not sure where to even begin with this review. Have you ever enjoyed a book so much that you're afraid you won't be able to articulate the experience? That's exactly how I feel right now. I absolutely loved this book, and it's definitely on my list of favorite books I read in 2018. I've been mean Leggi tutto
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