WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/477073

The centaur

Writer Algernon Blackwood is recognized as one of the pioneers of the genre of 'weird' fiction. He specializes in subtly creepy tales whose horrific significance gradually sneaks up on you, rather than assaulting you with gore and violence. In The Centaur, Blackwood explores the solitary life of a strangely magnetic misfit who decides to live his unusual life on his own unique terms.

Open All Close All

type

about

author

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "Writer Algernon Blackwood is recognized as one of the pioneers of the genre of 'weird' fiction. He specializes in subtly creepy tales whose horrific significance gradually sneaks up on you, rather than assaulting you with gore and violence. In The Centaur, Blackwood explores the solitary life of a strangely magnetic misfit who decides to live his unusual life on his own unique terms."@en
  • "One of the greatest ""mystical"" works by Blackwood, wherein he explores man's empathy with the unknown forces of the universe."@en
  • "O'Malley is traveling on a cruise and meets two mysterious men, a father and son. These men are extremely attractive, and O'Malley is slightly fascinated by them. They seem to change into one being or a third presence seems to accompany them. Is O'Malley crazy? Or is it a trick? The father and son are not men in the sense that we are men, but are derived from Mother Nature as earth spirits. The last two beings of their kind."@en

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Paranormal fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy"
  • "Occult fiction"
  • "Occult fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "Der Zentaur Ein mystischer Roman"
  • "The centaur"@en
  • "The centaur"
  • "The Centaur"
  • "The Centaur"@en
  • "Centaur"
  • "Centaur"@en

workExample