Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке — Robert Chambers

A mysterious city called Carcosa filled with ancient curses and dark magics. A terrible play called 'The King in Yellow' which drives its readers mad. A demi-god escaped from another dimension seeking global domination. Terrifying and filled with otherworldly dread, the stories of Robert W. Chambers are landmark works in horror. His stories have inspired generations of horror writers including Robert E. Howard, Karl Edward Wagner and H. P. Lovecraft as well as the modern TV show True...

'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet'. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird fiction. This series of vaguely connected stories is linked by the presence of a monstrous and suppressed book which brings fright, madness and spectral tragedy to all those who read it. An air of futility and...