Bibliograph

Cold hand in mine, Robert Aickman

Type

Label

Cold hand in mine, Robert Aickman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Cold hand in mine

Oclc number

879398674

Responsibility statement

Robert Aickman

Summary

One of Aickman's best collections, containing eight stories that show off his powers as a 'strange story' writer, being more ambiguous than standard ghost 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, making them all the more startling and intriguing

Table Of Contents

Uneasy does it: an introduction to Robert Aickman / Reece Shearsmith -- The swords -- The real road to the church -- Niemandswasser -- Pages from a young girl's journal -- The hospice -- The same dog -- Meeting Mr. Millar -- The clock watcher -- Memories of a friend: an afterword / Jean Richardson

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor