LÅT DE GAMLA DRÖMMARNA DÖ – LET THE OLD DREAMS DIE
By John Ajvide Lindqvist
IN LET THE OLD DREAMS DIE, John Ajvide Lindqvist has gathered different texts written over a long period of time. In this collection we find everything from sought after short stories, sketchy writings and causeries to reviews. In this collection we also find the short story that lends its name to this book and we get the answer as to what happened to Oscar and Eli after they got off the train at the end of Let the Right One In. Some of the texts have been published previously, amongst others the serial Tindalos and the novella Ansiktsburk, whereas others have been been newly written or only performed on stage. All stories are introduced by a specially written preface.
THIS IS A book for those who wish to read everything, for those readers who want to know the final outcome and for those who wish to spend a few hours in frightening and fascinating world of John Ajvide Lindqvist.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Ordfront, Sweden 2011
RIGHTS SOLD TO
Norway, Cappelen Damm
Russia, AST
REVIEWS
The short stories are consistently high quality. The best is probably the text that gave the book its title. On one level, it is a continuation of the breakthrough novel Let the Right One In. […] There is no doubt that Ajvide Lindqvist has achieved well-deserved success. He has, almost single-handedly, succeeded in establishing an updated Swedish version of horror literature that has both strong artistic qualities and is genuinely creepy.
– Svenska Dagbladet
No living author writes with the same Lagerlöf-like conviction about the redemptive and eternal power of love as he does.
– Expressen
The short stories reveal a side of [Ajvide Lindqvist’s] storytelling that was unknown to me, a dark and twisted absurdism that offers more resistance compared to the horror novels.
– Göteborgs-Posten
This is a neat little book, also in terms of its format, like a bag of sweets to keep in your pocket and take out when you feel like it.
– Hallandsposten
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