Bøger af David Lindsay

After a strange interstellar journey, Maskull, a man from Earth, awakens alone in a desert on the planet Tormance, seared by the suns of the binary star Arcturus. As he journeys northward, guided by a drumbeat, he encounters a world and its inhabitants like no other, where gender is a victory won at dear cost.

This was the fourth published novel from the author of 'A Voyage to Arcturus'. 'Adventures of Monsieur de Mailly' was first published in 1926 and published under the somewhat inappropriate title of 'Blade for Sale' in the United States in the same year. It has not been reprinted since and has never before been issued in paperback. 'Adventures of Monsieur de Mailly' is a humorous adventure set in the France of Louis XIV. Possibly the lightest and least fantastical of David Lindsay's novels, this romp through the realm of the Sun King nevertheless contains moments of high tragedy and tantalising glimpses of Lindsay's fascinating philosophy. An exciting adventure in its own right, this is a book no David Lindsay devotee will want to be without.

A Voyage to Arcturus is a novel by the Scottish writer David Lindsay. First published in 1920, it combines fantasy, philosophy, and science fiction in an exploration of the nature of good and evil and their relationship with existence. Lindsay's descriptive prose is simply beyond compare. It has been described by the critic and philosopher Colin Wilson as the "greatest novel of the twentieth century" and was a central influence on C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy.

In this allegorical classic of 1922, Isbel Loment is young, attractive and wealthy, and engaged to a most suitable man. Yet she is listless and vaguely unsatisfied. A visit to an old house leads to a chance discovery of a secret room that apparently only she and the house's owner can access. They meet and talk, of matters of apparently little consequence; afterwards they can remember nothing of the experience, but are left with a sense of unease. This may sound a slight premise on which to build a novel - but this book shimmers with atmosphere and a sense of oddness that draws readers in and keeps them hooked right to the unsettling end.

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