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Author: Adam Nevill Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1466837381 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
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Catherine's last job ended badly. Corporate bullying at a top TV network saw her fired and forced to leave London, but she was determined to get her life back. A new job and a few therapists later, things look much brighter. Especially when a challenging new project presents itself — to catalogue the late M. H. Mason's wildly eccentric cache of antique dolls and puppets. Rarest of all, she'll get to examine his elaborate displays of posed, costumed and preserved animals, depicting bloody scenes from the Great War. Catherine can't believe her luck when Mason's elderly niece invites her to stay at Red House itself, where she maintains the collection until his niece exposes her to the dark message behind her uncle's "Art." Catherine tries to concentrate on the job, but Mason's damaged visions begin to raise dark shadows from her own past. Shadows she'd hoped therapy had finally erased. Soon the barriers between reality, sanity and memory start to merge and some truths seem too terrible to be real... in The House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill.
Author: William Chapman Sharpe Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190682264 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 441
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What's in a shadow? Menace, seduction, or salvation? Immaterial but profound, shadows lurk everywhere in literature and the visual arts, signifying everything from the treachery of appearances to the unfathomable power of God. From Plato to Picasso, from Rembrandt to Welles and Warhol, from Lord of the Rings to the latest video game, shadows act as central players in the drama of Western culture. Yet because they work silently, artistic shadows often slip unnoticed past audiences and critics. Conceived as an accessible introduction to this elusive phenomenon, Grasping Shadows is the first book that offers a general theory of how all shadows function in texts and visual media. Arguing that shadow images take shape within a common cultural field where visual and verbal meanings overlap, William Sharpe ranges widely among classic and modern works, revealing the key motifs that link apparently disparate works such as those by Fra Angelico and James Joyce, Clementina Hawarden and Kara Walker, Charles Dickens and Kumi Yamashita. Showing how real-world shadows have shaped the meanings of shadow imagery, Grasping Shadows guides the reader through the techniques used by writers and artists to represent shadows from the Renaissance onward. The last chapter traces how shadows impact the art of the modern city, from Renoir and Zola to film noir and projection systems that capture the shadows of passers-by on streets around the globe. Extending his analysis to contemporary street art, popular songs, billboards, and shadow-theatre, Sharpe demonstrates a practical way to grasp the "dark side" that looms all around us.
Author: Adam Nevill Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1466837381 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
Book Description
Catherine's last job ended badly. Corporate bullying at a top TV network saw her fired and forced to leave London, but she was determined to get her life back. A new job and a few therapists later, things look much brighter. Especially when a challenging new project presents itself — to catalogue the late M. H. Mason's wildly eccentric cache of antique dolls and puppets. Rarest of all, she'll get to examine his elaborate displays of posed, costumed and preserved animals, depicting bloody scenes from the Great War. Catherine can't believe her luck when Mason's elderly niece invites her to stay at Red House itself, where she maintains the collection until his niece exposes her to the dark message behind her uncle's "Art." Catherine tries to concentrate on the job, but Mason's damaged visions begin to raise dark shadows from her own past. Shadows she'd hoped therapy had finally erased. Soon the barriers between reality, sanity and memory start to merge and some truths seem too terrible to be real... in The House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill.
Author: Tilly Wallace Publisher: Tilly Wallace ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 263
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A lost child will uncover old secrets…. After her triumphant performance as goddess of the night at a royal banquet, Sera is instructed by the Mage Council to stay out of public sight. She is tasked with settling a restless spirit who has been roused by the fate of a descendant. A noblewoman stands accused of orchestrating the sad fate of her daughter, and the ghost will not return to her grave until Sera does something. Sera journeys to the countryside in pursuit of evidence to free the woman, but finds a gothic manor harbouring secrets within its walls, and a lord intent on being rid of his troublesome wife. Did the noblewoman truly do away with her daughter, or was a more sinister hand responsible? As Sera struggles to reveal the truth, doubts invade her mind. Will her efforts see the mother walk free, or to the gallows? A historical fantasy novel set in Georgian England where magic is real and creatures from myth walk the streets. Grab the next instalment of your favourite mage’s adventures now.
Author: Moira Katson Publisher: Phix Publishing ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 254
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From Moira Katson, the latest installment in the story of Miriel and Catwin - Light and Shadow... New to the world of Light & Shadow? Start with Shadowborn! ******* It has been two years since Miriel and Catwin sought shelter in Priteni, a land they thought to be no more than legend. With Heddred far behind them, they believe they have found a safe haven at last. But Priteni is a land of old alliances and older grudges. When an army appears on the horizon, Miriel and Catwin are thrown once more into a world of secrets and lies...
Author: JJA Harwood Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0008368112 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 373
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A deliciously gothic story of wishes and curses – a new dark fairy tale set against a Victorian backdrop full of lace and smoke. ‘Deliciously dark’ Woman Magazine
Author: Shehzor Mujthedi Publisher: Partridge Publishing ISBN: 1482837781 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 130
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Syed Shehzor Mujthedi was born in India, on 25th April 2002. He is Studying in Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad. He was interested in writing since he was a child. When he was in first grade, he used to write comic strips as a hobby. He loved to write comic books but later, his ambition changed from comics to novels. He started writing his first novel, the 7 beasts at the age of 9. He liked to read comics and encyclopedias but his focus was always on classic novels. In his childhood, he had written many novels as a part of hobby. Some of his novels were The Ghost of The Barber, Beethoven and Bane, The Tremendous Train Teamers, etc. At the age of 11, he found this website called wattpad. It was an e book writing website. He wrote many stories in it as well. He published his first novel, The 7 Beasts in 2014. He is looking forward to publish more books.
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