Cornell Woolrich Livres
Cornell Woolrich est célébré comme l'écrivain prééminent du XXe siècle dans le genre du pur suspense. Ses récits plongent dans les vies sombres et émotionnellement tourmentées des personnages, créant avec maestria tension et atmosphère. Après avoir d'abord obtenu une reconnaissance pour des romans grand public, Woolrich a trouvé sa voix caractéristique dans la fiction policière, produisant un corpus d'œuvres prolifique souvent publié sous divers pseudonymes. Son héritage perdure à travers un legs établi pour soutenir les jeunes écrivains aspirants.
La Mariée était en noir
- 268pages
- 10 heures de lecture
Le narrateur pense éliminer une femme pour éclaircir son affaire concernant quatre hommes ... Un roman d'une implacable vengeance, adapté au cinéma en 1967
Une Incroyable Histoire = Fire Escape
- 130pages
- 5 heures de lecture
Buddy aime bien raconter des histoires. Pourtant, cette fois, Buddy n'invente rien : il a vu ses voisins tuer un homme, et devient alors un témoin gênant... Par un grand maître du suspense, auteur de Fenêtre sur cour, La Sirène du Mississipi et La Mariée était en noir.
Cornell Woolrich masterfully crafts suspenseful narratives where ordinary individuals confront extraordinary and terrifying situations. This collection features four of his most gripping novellas, showcasing his unparalleled talent for building tension and engaging readers in spine-chilling experiences. Each story promises to immerse readers in a world of fear and uncertainty, highlighting Woolrich's ability to transform the mundane into the macabre.
What if you woke up to discover everyone thought you were somebody else? Pregnant and abandoned, all Helen Georgesson has is five dollars and a one-way ticket to San Francisco. Then she is involved in a train crash, and regains consciousness only to discover that she has given birth - and, in a bizarre twist of fate, has been mistaken for somebody else. Helen decides to claim this opportunity to make a new life for herself and her son. But eventually her past will catch up with her, in terrible ways...
On a mild midwestern night in the early 1940s, Johnny Marr leans against a drugstore wall. He’s waiting for Dorothy, his fiancée, and tonight is the last night they’ll be meeting here, for it’s May 31st, and June 1st marks their wedding day. But she’s late, and Johnny soon learns of a horrible accident—an accident involving a group of drunken men, a low-flying charter plane, and an empty liquor bottle. In one short moment Johnny loses all that matters to him and his life is shattered. He vows to take from these men exactly what they took from him. After years of planning, Johnny begins his quest for revenge, and on May 31st of each year—always on May 31st—wives, lovers, and daughters are suddenly no longer safe.
