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Teatro Grottesco
Thomas Ligotti
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Description for Teatro Grottesco
Paperback. Contains stories that feature tormented individuals who play out their doom in various odd little towns. This collection introduces readers to a community of artists who encounter demonic perils that ultimately engulf their lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Thomas Ligotti is often cited as the most curious and remarkable figure in horror literature since H. P. Lovecraft. His work is noted by critics for its display of an exceptionally grotesque imagination and accomplished prose style. In his stories, Ligotti has followed a literary tradition that began with Edgar Allan Poe, portraying characters that are outside of anything that might be called normal life, depicting strange locales far off the beaten track, and rendering a grim vision of human existence as a perpetual nightmare. The horror stories collected in Teatro Grottesco feature tormented individuals who play out their doom ... Read more
Thomas Ligotti is often cited as the most curious and remarkable figure in horror literature since H. P. Lovecraft. His work is noted by critics for its display of an exceptionally grotesque imagination and accomplished prose style. In his stories, Ligotti has followed a literary tradition that began with Edgar Allan Poe, portraying characters that are outside of anything that might be called normal life, depicting strange locales far off the beaten track, and rendering a grim vision of human existence as a perpetual nightmare. The horror stories collected in Teatro Grottesco feature tormented individuals who play out their doom ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753513743
SKU
9780753513743
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About Thomas Ligotti
Thomas Ligotti's first collection of stories, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, was published in 1986, and he has since established a cult following. He is also the author of several other story collections. Ligotti is the recipient of several awards, including the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker award for his omnibus collection The Nightmare Factory (1996) and short novel My ... Read more
Reviews for Teatro Grottesco
An accomplished conjuror of nightmares in the tradition of H. P. Lovecraft
The Times
Ligotti is wonderfully original; he has a dark vision of a new and special kind, a vision that no one had before him
Interzone
A generous serving of Edgar Allan Poe, a dash of Franz Kafka, a smidgen of Robert Aickman: These ... Read more
The Times
Ligotti is wonderfully original; he has a dark vision of a new and special kind, a vision that no one had before him
Interzone
A generous serving of Edgar Allan Poe, a dash of Franz Kafka, a smidgen of Robert Aickman: These ... Read more