Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

Author(s): Thomas Ligotti

Fiction

Two terrifying classics by the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction ("The" "Washington Post") 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 eschews cheap, gory thrills for his own brand of horror, which shocks at the deepest, existential, levels. Ligotti s stories take on decaying cities and lurid dreamscapes in a style ranging from rich, ornamental prose to cold, clinical detachment. His raw and experimental work lays bare the unimportance of our world and the sickening madness of the human condition. Like the greatest writers of cosmic horror, Ligotti bends reality until it cracks, opening fissures through which he invites us to gaze on the unsettling darkness of the abyss below. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators."

General Information

  • : 9780143107767
  • : Penguin Group USA
  • : Penguin
  • : 0.327
  • : December 2015
  • : 197mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • : November 2015
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Thomas Ligotti
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : English
  • : 813.54

More About The Product

Thomas Ligottiwas 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. Jeff VanderMeeris the author of the "New York Times" bestselling "Southern Reach"trilogy("Annihilation," "Authority," and"Acceptance"). He is a three-time World Fantasy Award winner."