H. P. Lovecraft Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq ISBN 13: 9781932416183

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Believer Magazine, 2005-05-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7992 8.4016 5.5000. tiny amount of wear along the edges of the cover of the book

Believer Magazine, 2005-05-02. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

San Francisco: Believer Books, 2005. First English edition, Trade paperback, Fine,. Sam Potts. San Francisco: Believer Books:, 2005. First English edition, Trade paperback, Fine, 243 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: Sam Potts An as new copy. Includes a long introduction by Stephen King. King's blurb is, no doubt, better than any I can offer: "Michel Houellebecq's essay H.P. LOVECRAFT: AGAINST THE WORLD, AGAINST LIFE is a remarkable blending of critical insight, fierce partisanship, and sympathetic biography - a kind of scholarly love letter, maybe even the world's first truly cerebral mash note. The question is whether or not the subject rates such a rich and unexpected burst of creativity in what is ordinarily a dull-as-ditchwater, footnote-riddled field of work. Does this long-dead, pulp-magazine Johnson deserve such a Boswell? Houellebecq argues that H.P. Lovecraft does, that he matters a great deal even in the twenty-first century. As it happens, I think he could not be more… Read More

Believer Books , 2005 . Paperback. . Paperback. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Fine as new paperback.

McSweeney's, Believer Books (2005). Paperback with flaps. 247 pp. Gently read. Light shelf wear. Strong binding; sharp corners; unmarked pages. Ships immediately.

McSweeney's Publishing, 2005-05-01. Paperback. Very Good. 2.0285 in x 21.3238 in x 13.9594 in.

San Francisco, CA: Believer Books, 2005. Softcover. VG- (Ex-art library, with label on front cover, i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, adhesive mylar covering closes French flaps; otherwise internally clean.). Tan and black and illus., adhesive mylar cover on wraps; 247 pp. Considers the life and work of American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), as analyzed by French author and Lovecraft admirer Michel Houellebecq. With an introduction by Stephen King, and the texts of two short stories from Lovecraft: "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Whisperer in Darkness." Includes bibliography. Translated from the French by Dorna Khazeni.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Believer Books: San Francisco, 2005. First edition (& 1st printing). Trade paperback original. First English text of a book originally published in France in 1991. Fine (unread) copy.

McSweeney's, Believer Books, 2005. First Canadian. Turtleback. Like New, slight wear to cover.

Believer Magazine, 2005-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

San Francisco: McSweeney's. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. 1932416188 . Near Fine. Minor shelf-wear. ; First-printing of the McSweeney's translated edition (from the French). Published from the Believer Books imprint.; 117 pages .