{"product_id":"intimations-of-death-valancourt-international-9781948405409","title":"Intimations of Death (Valancourt International)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA boy's mother lies upstairs seriously ill, and in every crash of thunder or hollow chime of the clock he seems to hear a portent of her death.--A scholar of the occult finds his marriage threatened by horrifying and otherworldly noises emanating from the cellar.--During a plague outbreak, a gravedigger accidentally prepares one too many graves and becomes obsessed with the thought that the final grave will be his own.--A haunted man, seeking refuge in a monastery, is convinced that Death itself stalks him in the building's lonely halls.--When a suicide pact goes awry, a man believes the ghost of his vengeful lover has returned to destroy him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the plots of the five tales in \u003cem\u003eIntimations of Death\u003c\/em\u003e (1910), available at last in English for the first time. Belgian author Felix Timmermans (1886-1947) was highly popular in his lifetime for his humorous tales of rural life, but in this early collection, written after a near-death experience with a serious illness, Timmermans reveals a more morbid side and delivers a collection of psychological horror tales worthy of Edgar Allan Poe. This edition, brilliantly translated by award-winning translator Paul Vincent, includes the macabre woodcut illustrations from the original Dutch edition and an introduction by John Howard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476523192594,"sku":"9781948405409","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_834926ae-b353-4003-80d5-92ada37f67e9.jpg?v=1730253019","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/intimations-of-death-valancourt-international-9781948405409","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}