Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
Thomas Ligotti
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 5th May '16
£9.99
Influenced by the strange terrors of Lovecraft and Poe and by the brutal absurdity of Kafka, the author crafts his own brand of existential horror, which shocks at the deepest levels.
SKU: 9780143107767
Category: Short storiesDescription
Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction. Influenced by the strange terrors of Lovecraft and Poe and by the brutal absurdity of Kafka, Ligotti crafted his own brand of existential horror, which shocks at the deepest levels. In decaying cities and lurid dreamscapes tormented by the lunatic pageantry of masks, puppets, and obscure ritual, Ligotti’s works lay bare the sickening madness of the human condition. From his dark imagination emerge stories like “The Frolic” and “The Last Feast of Harlequin,” waking nightmares that splinter the schemes validating our existence. In these collections, Ligotti bends reality until it cracks, opening fissures through which he invites us to gaze on the unsettling darkness below-an ordeal from which one may perhaps return, but never to be the same
Additional information
Weight | 0.318 kg |
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Dimensions | 20 × 138 × 196 mm |
Page Count | 464 |
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