by Peter Straub · Bruguera, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402092076
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«La tierra de las sombras» is the horror novel by Peter Straub, published by Bruguera in 1983, in paperback (508 pages, in Spanish).
Tom and Del, boarding-school friends fascinated by magic, spend the summer at Shadowland, Del's uncle Coleman's mansion in Vermont, a famous magician who initiates them into the secrets of his art. Tom soon discovers they are not harmless tricks but a dark and dangerous magic that turns the summer into a nightmare.
Originally published as Shadowland in 1980, it was a nominee for the Locus, World Fantasy and Balrog awards. At Bruguera: Cinco Estrellas collection, number 90; translation by Alicia Steimberg.
For horror and fantasy fans looking for a coming-of-age story with a somber atmosphere.
Peter Francis Straub was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of Koko (1988), Mystery (1990) and The Throat (1993). He fused the supernatural with crime fiction in Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) and the related In the Night Room (2004). For the Library of America, he edited the volume H. P. Lovecraft: Tales and the anthology American Fantastic Tales. Straub received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award.
