Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

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 sameAuthor: Ligotti, Thomas,author
Contributors: Ligotti, Thomas,author
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 464
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Edition: Reprint
Published/Release Date: 5 May 2016
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
Author/Director/Artist: Thomas Ligotti
Dimension (cm): 195x130x20 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 22x195x129 mm
Item Weight (g): 320
Package Weight (g): 308