No 357 The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf, translated by Susan Bernofsky #ripxvii
A trio of books for the R.I.P challenge!
No 360 The Auctioneer by Joan Samson
The Auctioneer was a massive hit when it was originally published in 1974. Winning rave reviews from critics and readers, it sold in excess of a million copies, was advertised on television (which was very rare at the time) and was optioned for a movie adaptation. For a debut novel from an unknown writer, it…
No 398 White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi #ripxvi
In White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi uses the tropes of the ghost story and the Gothic haunted house to explore a more personal kind of horror – one that comes from within. White is For Witching is set in Dover and is ostensibly about a pair of twins, Miranda and Eliot, who live in a…
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No 401 The Elementals by Michael McDowell #ripxvi
Michael McDowell is a horror writer who, in his heyday, was mentioned in the same breath as Stephen King and James Herbert, with Peter Straub calling him “one of the best writers of horror in this or any other country.” Nowadays he has fallen under the radar somewhat and is probably better known for having…
R.I.P Challenge 2021: A Longlist! #ripxvi
No 469 Audition by Ryu Murakami, translated by Ralph McCarthy
In 1999, riding the wave of interest in Korean horror movies, Takashi Miike’s Audition hit our cinemas and subsequently appeared on every ‘Best Horror Films of All Time’ list with remarkable regularity. The source material for the film was written by Ryu Murakami in 1997 and its horror is of a much more insidious kind.…
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No 507 Now You’re One Of Us by Asa Nonami, translated by Michael Volek & Mitsuko Volek
The Shitos are a family of eight, spanning four generations and living under the one roof. When a young woman, Noriko, marries the Shito son Kazuhito, she is marrying more than just one man; she is marrying in to his family. Every family has its quirks, its particular way of doing things, but in…
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