Name: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
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Author: Thomas Ligotti
ISBN: 9780143133148

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Thomas Ligotti

Publisher

Penguin Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.5 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN13

9780143133148

Synopsis "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror"

In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality. "There is a signature motif discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural horror. It may be stated thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our world." His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy. At once a guidebook to pessimistic thought and a relentless critique of humanity's employment of self-deception to cope with the pervasive suffering of their existence, The Conspiracy against the Human Race may just convince readers that there is more than a measure of truth in the despairing yet unexpectedly liberating negativity that is widely considered a hallmark of Ligotti's work.

Thomas Ligotti

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(Detroit, 1953) Thomas Ligotti es un escritor de ficción sobrenatural sin excusas ni condiciones, devenido ya en un clásico. Estudió en la universidad estatal de Michigan. Trabajó como editor asociado de la editorial Gale hasta 2001, año en que fijó su residencia en Florida. En 1986 apareció su primera colección de relatos: Songs of a Dead Dreamer. En el universo ominoso y desquiciado de Ligotti, la Creación es el mal absoluto y la locura acecha en la esencia misma de las cosas.Ha desarrollado una reputación como uno de los maestros contemporáneos del horror literario, y su obra a menudo explora temas filosóficos y existenciales.

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