Рассказы антиквария о привидениях

Dzheĭms schitaetsi͡a osnovopolozhnikom osoboĭ "antikvarnoĭ" vetvi goticheskogo rasskaza. Vazhnui͡u rolʹ v ego istorii͡akh igrai͡ut starinnye dokumenty, manuskripty, svitki, gravi͡ury, a deĭstvie razvorachivaetsi͡a v t͡serkvi͡akh i soborakh, kolledzhakh i muzei͡akh, arkhivakh i bibliotekakh, bezmi͡atezhnyĭ pokoĭ kotorykh narushai͡ut strannye, zhutkie i neizmenno vrazhdebnye potustoronnie sushchestva. Prirozhdennyĭ rasskazchik, Dzheĭms masterski nagnetaet napri͡azhenie, umelo balansiruet mezhdu pravdopodobnostʹi͡u i nerealistichnostʹi͡u i pugaet chitateli͡a oshchushcheniem neizbezhnosti tragicheskogo finala. V dannoe izdanie voshli avtorskie sborniki "Rasskazy antikvarii͡a o prividenii͡akh" i "Novye rasskazy antikvarii͡a o prividenii͡akh", schitai͡ushchiesi͡a vershinoĭ tvorchestva Dzheĭmsa. Mnogie istorii byli ėkranizirovany, a "Rasskazy antikvarii͡a o prividenii͡akh" voshli v chislo sta luchshikh knig, kogda-libo napisannykh v zhanre khorrora.

James is considered the founder of a special "antique" branch of the Gothic story. Ancient documents, manuscripts, scrolls, and engravings play an important role in his stories, and the action takes place in churches and cathedrals, colleges and museums, archives and libraries, whose serene peace is disturbed by strange, creepy, and invariably hostile otherworldly creatures. A born storyteller, James expertly builds tension, skillfully balances between plausibility and unreality, and scares the reader with a sense of the inevitability of a tragic ending. This edition includes the author's collections "Tales of an antique dealer about ghosts" and "New Tales of an antique dealer about ghosts", considered the pinnacle of James' work. Many of the stories have been adapted into films, and "Antiquarian Ghost Stories" is one of the hundred best books ever written in the horror genre.