Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti

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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti

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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.

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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti

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
Thomas Ligotti has had one of the most quietly extraordinary careers in the history of horror fictionHe is a dense, witty, and enormously inventive writer * The Philadelphia Inquirer *
Thomas Ligotti was born in Detroit in 1953. Among the most acclaimed horror writers of the past thirty years, he has received three Bram Stoker Awards, a British Fantasy Award, and an International Horror Guild Award. He lives in South Florida.
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ISBN 13 9780143107767
ISBN 10 0143107763
Title Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
Author Thomas Ligotti
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2016-05-05
Number of pages 464
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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