I due esorcisti
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Susan Garth è una ragazza perbene: occhi limpidi, capelli biondi, brava a scuola, tutte le domeniche a messa... Almeno fino al giorno in cui comincia a comportarsi in maniera insolita e alla chiesa non riesce più nemmeno ad avvicinarsi, o alla notte in cui si spoglia di fronte al vecchio parroco e gli affonda le unghie nella gola... Gli anni Sessanta stanno sbocciando, e i preti ormai confidano più spesso nella psichiatria che nella demonologia, ma non il vescovo Crimmings, che è convinto che dietro quello sguardo apparentemente innocente si nasconda il Principe delle Tenebre, il Diavolo in persona. A Susan non serve un bravo psicologo, bensì un esorcismo in piena regola e, per eseguire il rito, il prelato chiede aiuto al nuovo parroco, padre Sargent, un giovane e disinvolto prete dalla mentalità aperta e la passione per il brandy. Insieme, i due esorcisti, in un crescendo di tensione e violenza, affronteranno l’oscurità che tormenta la ragazza. Ma un’altra sconvolgente verità attende di essere rivelata. Perché se il Male ha un solo nome, può avere molti volti…
- ISBN: 8850247621
- Casa Editrice: TEA
- Pagine: 208
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“Capture the dragon, the ancient serpent who is Satan, and send him in chains into the Abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations.” Susan Garth is a sweet little girl of high school age who suddenly develops an aversion to churches and a newfound fondness for vulgarity (as well as attacking the Leggi tutto
A young girl is possessed by the devil - a Catholic priest and bishop must perform an exorcism to save her! Ray Russell’s The Case Against Satan was published in 1962, 9 years before William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist but it’s less well-known probably because of the enormous popularity of the 1973 Leggi tutto
Just so we're clear, I didn't read this book in one day, and nor did I read it just once. I think that one of the problems in discussing this book is that a lot of readers have come to it with expectations of something along the lines of Blatty's The Exorcist , but that just isn't the case. In this n Leggi tutto
A couple of years ago I read The Exorcist, and I was blown away. I saw the movie as a teenager like a lot people did. It was the movie you dared your friends to watch and then didn't sleep for a couple of nights because you watched it with them. It's the gold standard for possession/exorcism stories Leggi tutto
Whew! Did I have a wicked time with that one or what? Once you've seen The Exorcist, novels about the occult can only scare you in one way: when you can't make up your mind whether there is an explanation for what is happening or you're losing your mind. This feed riiiight into it, which is impressi Leggi tutto
I thought this book started great. Intriguing and creepy. Some great short vignettes through the early chapters with interesting twists. But at the end I thought the book just tried to do too much and several of the storylines weren't sufficiently fleshed out or closed down. So the end got a little
Up until a few years ago, the name "Ray Russell" was only familiar to me by dint of his work as a screenwriter on such marvelous horror/sci-fi films as "Mr. Sardonicus" (1961), "The Premature Burial" (1962), "Zotz!" (also from 1962) and "X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes" (1963). It wasn't until I noti Leggi tutto
Appena si inizia I due esorcisti, pubblicato nel 1962, subito la mente va a padre Karras e padre Merrin, usciti dalla penna di William Blatty nel 1971, e non a padre Gregory Sargent e al vescovo Crimmings, i due protagonisti del romanzo di Ray Russell, definito nella quarta di copertina ‘un piccolo Leggi tutto
Maybe a bit dated now, it was considered shocking in 1962 but seems almost quaint by today's horror standards. A good ol' devil in the soul story that probably has a little too much Roman Catholic baggage for the average reader today. It's still a good story well told but the deep questions it wrest Leggi tutto
жовтень - це непоганий місяць для читання про диявола й екзорцизми. може, не такий доречний, як листопад із довгими вечорами й густими туманами, але доволі близько. утім, про атмосферу перейматися не обов'язково, бо рей расселл підходить до сюжету про вигнання демонів із милої шістнадцятирічної дівч Leggi tutto
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