{"product_id":"the-wine-dark-sea-paperback-1","title":"The Wine-Dark Sea - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Aickman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Straub called Robert Aickman 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories'. Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term for them) are a subtle exploration of psychological displacement and paranoia. His characters are ordinary people that are gradually drawn into the darker recesses of their own minds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in the USA in 1988 and in the UK in 1990 \u003ci\u003eThe Wine-Dark Sea\u003c\/i\u003e contains eight stories that will leave the reader unsettled as the protagonists' fears and desires, at once illogical and terrifying, culminate in a disturbing yet enigmatic ending. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fans of the horror genre Robert Aickman is a must read.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Fordyce Aickman\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1914 in London. He was married to Edith Ray Gregorson from 1941 to 1957. In 1946 the couple, along with Tom and Angela Rolt, set up the Inland Waterways Association to preserve the canals of Britain. It was in 1951 that Aickman, along with Elizabeth Jane Howard, published his first ghost stories entitled \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e. Aickman went on to publish eleven more volumes of horror stories as well as two fantasy novels and two volumes of autobiography. He also edited the first eight volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in February 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756384518432,"sku":"9780571311729","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/898a1af5362aaa97889e53438c939625.webp?v=1780079305","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-wine-dark-sea-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}