H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life

Michel Houellebecq, the notorious, bestselling author of Atomised and one of the most controversial and critially acclaimd writers of our time, focuses his considerable analytical skills on H. P. Lovecraft, the seminal horror writer of the 20th century. Lovecraft, though published as a pulp writer, influenced many of our modern mastrs of terror, including Peter Straub, Richard Matheson, and stephen King, who provides a fascinating introduction to this work.

Houellebecq and Lovecraft are kindred spirits, sharing a uniquely dark worldview. But even as he outlines Lovecraft's rejection of this loathsome world, it is Houellebecq's adulation for the author that drives this work and makes it a love song, infusing the writing with an energy and passion that characterises Houellebecq's new novel. This is indispensable reading for anyone interested in Lovecraft, Houellebecq, or the past and future of horror.

"Houellebecq's superb discussion of Lovecraft offes deep insights into what drives his own writing" - Stephen King

"Who would have thought that Houellebecq owed such a debt to an American horror writer? Perhaps it is not so surprising. Both have turned their hostility to the world into an art form" - Literary Review

"Both a formidable literary performance in itself, a work of real imaginative sympathy, and a consistely engrossing intellectual workout." - Daily Telegraph

Format: Paperback, 256 pages
ISBN: 9780575084018
Publisher: Orion Publishing
Published: 6 November, 2008
Weight: 242 g
Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 19 mm

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