![]() And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he has made up a city called Ambergris, imagined its every last detail, and that he’s really from a place called Chicago.īy turns sensuous and terrifying, filled with exotica and eroticism, this interwoven collection of stories, histories, and “eyewitness” reports invokes a universe within a puzzle box where you can lose-and find-yourself again. ![]() An artist receives an invitation to a beheading-and finds himself enchanted. In Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers that a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. ![]() And everywhere, on the walls of courtyards and churches, an incandescent fungus of mysterious and ominous origin. Listen Free to City of Saints and Madmen audiobook by Jeff VanderMeer with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and. From Jeff VanderMeer, an author praised by writers such as Laren Beukes, China Miville and Michael Moorcock, City of Saints and Madmen is by turns sensuous. You hold in your hands an invitation to a place unlike any you’ve ever visited-an invitation delivered by one of our most audacious and astonishing literary magicians.Ĭity of elegance and squalor. Read 634 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. È conosciuto per il suo contributo al fantasy e alla fantascienza, in particolare per il sottogenere New Weird 1, di cui ha coniato la prima definizione ufficiale 2 3. In City of Saints and Madmen, Jeff VanderMeer has reinvented the literature of the fantastic. Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer ( Bellefonte, 7 luglio 1968) è uno scrittore e editore statunitense. ![]()
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