Lovecraft: against the world

A man is alone and afraid of life. At 20, he is already sick of life, which he thinks unlivable. 

That man is possessed by a fertile if dark imagination. Creatures from the distant past of the Earth, unknown to mankind, their threats and signals, will be the stuff of his upcoming narrations. 

A man unable to live and socialize. A man who lived for his dreams and their telling, and found a sense in that. Who transmuted his somber inner world into a brilliant universe of personal horror. Creating a real cult around him which traversed the decades, reaching our time in a state of total magnificence. 

Another disgusted man, if of a different kind, will be his advocate. In this strong and direct early essay, disturbing French novelist Michel Houellebecq will introduce us to Lovecraft´s life and works. A valuable attempt to explain and transmit their irresistible weirdness.   

Lovecraft, against the world against life. 1988. Michel Houellebecq.