Cold Hand in Mine
Publication details: United Kingdon; Faber & Faber; 2014Description: 368 Pages; PaperbackISBN:- 9780571311743
- 823.91
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Karachi Horror | 823.91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | PKLC002798 | |||
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Lahore Horror | 823.91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Withdrawn | For Sale | PKLC006133 |
Cold Hand in Mine was first published in the UK in 1975 and in the US in 1977. The story 'Pages from a Young Girl's Journal' won the Aickman World Fantasy Award in 1975. It was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1973 before appearing in this collection. Cold Hand in Mine stands as one of Aickman's best collections and contains eight stories that show off his powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full, being more ambiguous than standard ghost stories. Throughout the stories the reader is introduced to a variety of characters, from a man who spends the night in a Hospice to a German aristocrat and a woman who sees an image of her own soul. There is also a nod to the conventional vampire story ('Pages from a Young Girl's Journal') but all the stories remain unconventional and inconclusive, which perhaps makes them all the more startling and intriguing.
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