{"product_id":"9781681371894","title":"Compulsory Games","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAickman, Robert; Nelson, Victoria; Nelson, Victoria\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/8\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRobert Aickman’s self-described “strange stories” are confoundingly and   uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with  standard  thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws  of nature  and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the  “void behind  the face of order,” is a surreal region that grotesquely  mimics the  quotidian: Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river?  What does it  mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then  another—and  then another? Does a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard  contain the  souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to  death?  Published for the first time under one cover, the stories in  this  collection offer an unequaled introduction to a profoundly  original  modern master of the uncanny.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374878359807,"sku":"9781681371894","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781681371894_s600x595.jpg?v=1782149325","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781681371894","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}