5/19/2023 0 Comments Jeff vandermeer city of saintsThese tales of Ambergris include the World Fantasy Award-winning novella, The Transformation of Martin Lake. Ambergris is a cruelly beautiful metropolis - a haven for artists and thieves, for composers and murderers. His recent books include The Book of Lost Places (Dark Regions Press), Dradin, In Love (Buzzcity Press), Dradin, In Love & Other Stories (Oxy Publishing, Greece), and The Early History of Ambergris. And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he's imagined a city called Ambergris, invented its every last detail, and that he's really from a place called Chicago. Jeff VanderMeer was born in Pennsylvania in 1968, but spent much of his childhood in the Fiji Islands, where his parents worked for the Peace Corps. Derek Carr, right, smiles as he is introduced as the new quarterback of the New Orleans Saints NFL football team next to head coach Dennis Allen, left, during a press conference at the Saints. An artist receives an invitation to a beheading and finds himself enchanted. In the city of Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. This collection of four linked novellas is the perfect introduction to VanderMeer's vividly imagined world. From the author of Annihilation, now a major motion picture on Netflix.įrom Jeff VanderMeer, an author praised by writers such as Laren Beukes, China Mieville and Michael Moorcock, City of Saints and Madmen is by turns sensuous and terrifying.
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