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H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.

Celephaïs was created in a dream by Kuranes (which is his name in dreams his real name is not given) as a child of the English landed gentry. As a man in his forties, alone and dispossessed in contemporary London, he dreams it again and then, seeking it, slowly slips away to the dream-world. Finally knights guide him through medieval England to his ancestral estate, where he spent his boyhood, and then to Celephaïs.

Celephaïs ist sowohl eine Kurzgeschichte von H. P. Lovecraft als auch der Name der darin erwähnten Stadt. Die Geschichte wurde im November 1920 geschrieben und 2 Jahre später in der Mai-Ausgabe 1922 von Rainbow veröffentlicht.

Le famose storie dell'orrore dello scrittore statunitense Howard Phillips Lovecraft continuano a far discutere gli appassionati, incerti se collocarle nella categoria del fantastico più originale o delle cronache di un possibile domani, di un oggi "laterale" in cui antichi misteri si aprono come crepe nel tessuto della realtà. "Celephais" raccontato e interpretato con dialoghi, atmosfere, effetti sonori e musiche.

A história acompanha Kuranes, um homem solitário e desencantado com o mundo real, que busca refúgio em seus sonhos. Em suas visões, ele descobre Celephäis, uma cidade magnífica, serena e imutável, situada em um reino fantástico além do tempo e da realidade.

Celephaïs fue creado en un sueño por Kuranes (que es su nombre en sueños) como hijo de la nobleza terrateniente inglesa. Un hombre de cuarenta años, solo y desposeído en el Londres contemporáneo, lo sueña de nuevo una y otra vez, buscándolo, se desliza lentamente hacia el mundo de los sueños.

"Celephaïs", extrait : "En rêve, Kuranes contempla la cité dans la vallée. La côte s'étendant derrière le pic neigeux qui domine la mer, et les galères aux couleurs gaies qui sortent du port pour aller vers les régions lointaines où le ciel et la mer se rejoignent. Ce fut également en rêve qu'il acquit ce nom de Kuranes, car lorsqu'il s'éveilla, il constata qu'on l'appelait autrement.