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Il richiamo del corno

2022192 pagesAdelphi

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In a remote English village, a man becomes obsessed with the ancient, unsettling legends surrounding a mysterious horn. As he delves deeper into the local folklore, he uncovers a dark history and a terrifying connection to a hidden world, blurring the lines between reality and nightmare. The call of the horn promises both ancient power and unspeakable horror.

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John William Wall, pen name Sarban, was a British writer and diplomat. Wall's diplomatic career lasted more than thirty years, but his writing career as Sarban was brief and not prolific, ending during the early 1950s. Sarban is described in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy as "a subtle, literate teller of tales, conscious of the darker and less acceptable implications that underlie much popular literature". Wall cited the supernatural fiction of Arthur Machen and Walter de la Mare as influences on h...

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