
Título: Carrion Comfort: A Novel
Autor: Dan Simmons
Sinopse: Embraced by giants such as Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz, Dan Simmons's Carrion Comfort was originally published by Warner Books in 1989, and remains a classic of dark fantasy and horror.
"One of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that." --Stephen King
THE PAST... Caught behind the lines of Hitler's Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazi's themselves…
THE PRESENT... Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to 'use' humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction.
But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul's quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind's attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself…
"Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, Carrion Comfort spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic." --Guillermo del Toro
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Carrion Comfort: A Novel”, de Dan Simmons, publicado pela editora St. Martin's Griffin, em 2009 e com 800 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: St. Martin's Griffin
Páginas: 800
Ano: 2009-11-24
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0312567073
ISBN13: 9780312567071
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora St. Martin's Griffin trazem narrativas que transitam entre o cotidiano íntimo e grandes temas, com personagens frequentemente em momentos decisivos de suas vidas. O catálogo permite ao leitor encontrar histórias que variam do romance contemporâneo, com conflitos pessoais e segredos em pequenas cidades, até aventuras históricas recheadas de tensão e ambientações marítimas. Também há espaço para obras que exploram o fantástico, misturando romance, mistério e elementos sobrenaturais, além de títulos que abordam temas de saúde, biografias e culinária, sempre com uma linguagem acessível e ritmo que privilegia o envolvimento emocional e a clareza.
