Songs of a Dead Dreamer / Grimscribe

Thomas Ligotti, Jeff VanderMeer

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Penguin Classics
01 December 2015

"Two terrifying modern classics by cult horror favorite Thomas Ligotti, in time for their 30th and 25th anniversaries

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."

By: Thomas Ligotti
Foreword by: Jeff VanderMeer
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 311g
ISBN: 9780143107767
ISBN 10: 0143107763
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 01 December 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Songs of a Dead Dreamer / Grimscribe

Thomas Ligotti has had one of the most quietly extraordinary careers in the history of horror fiction. He is a dense, witty, and enormously inventive writer * The Philadelphia Inquirer *