The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story
Descriere
This is the chilling tale of a painting so terrifying, its secrets will haunt those who see it...It is a ghost story by the author of "The Woman in Black". A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winter's night, i eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don.The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty...
Despre autor
Dame Susan Elizabeth Hill, Lady Wells este o autoare engleză de opere de ficțiune și non-ficțiune. Printre romanele sale se numără *The Woman in Black*, adaptat pentru scenă și ecran, *The Mist in the Mirror* și *I'm the King of the Castle*, pentru care a primit Premiul Somerset Maugham în 1971.