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Tindalos #36 - Lovecraft: The Rats in the Walls (1923). Audiobook

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Translation: Arnaud Demaegd © Éditions Bragelonne / Sans-Détour, 2016 ------- "The Rats in the Walls" is a real compendium, a point of convergence where we find many elements already encountered in previous stories. The themes pile up, weave a complex mesh to form a particularly dense story. Thus the narrator restores an old estate (castle, priory) as in "The Haunted Bog" (cf. #26), moreover on the old continent - a Lovecraftian fantasy par excellence, who dreamed of visiting England, or even settling there permanently. But, as in "The Lurking Fear" (cf. #35), workers end up dynamiting the place following the uninviting discoveries... The connections with "The Lurking Fear" are also very numerous, and we understand that the two stories were written a short time apart. We find the story of a cursed family, which also evokes "Arthur Jermyn" (cf. #21) and we similarly find the effect of a teeming mass (the ape-like mass becoming a mass of rodents). We know how much Lovecraft insisted on "the fear of the unknown"; the expression made its first appearance in "The Hound" (cf. #34), and returns here. It is here linked to things buried underground, as in "The Transition of Juan Romero" (cf. #08), and of course "The Nameless City" (cf. #23). In the finale, we find multiple themes that seem to obsess Lovecraft: cannibalism (see #20 "The Image in the Deserted House", #35 "The Fear That Lurks"), regression of species (see the two previous ones, but also #01 "The Monster in the Cave"), and the evocation of Nyarlathotep (see #18 "Nyarlathotep"). It is also interesting to note some recurring backgrounds, such as the ravages of the Great War (see #03 "Dagon", #15 "The Temple", or #32 "Herbert West - Reanimator"), since the entire reconstruction of the family history - which counterpoints the reconstruction of the estate - begins with the son who went to war, returning mutilated and convalescent for only two years. The power of the story lies mainly in its progression: from the disturbing family history to the inexplicable excitement of the felines, to the end in the cyclopean cavern (and the horrors that go with it), the reader is led into a maze that is difficult to grasp throughout the story. Unlike other more linear stories, this one gains depth by being less predictable – hence its narrative strength. ------- Reading, Illustration and Music of Tindalos ------- Next video: L'Indicible / L'Innommable ------- To find the illustrations, the music, and the whole universe of Tindalos https://www.tindaloslechien.com To find the stories in mp3 https://hearthis.at/tindalos To follow Tindalos on Facebook / tindalos.lechien.5 For a nice little boost by supporting Tindalos on Tipeee https://fr.tipeee.com/tindalos Want to treat yourself to an illustration of Tindalos? https://www.tindaloslechien.com/bouti...

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