Let the Old Dreams Die

Name: Let the Old Dreams Die
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
ISBN: 9781848665743

Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist, Marlaine Delargy

Narrator: Leighton Pugh, Maggie Mash, Saul Reichlin

Unabridged: 16 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 09/26/2013

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

Whatever happened to Oskar and Eli? And what became of the beleaguered families in Handling the Undead? Find out in Let the Old Dreams Die.

In other tales from this collection, a woman finds a dead body and decides to keep it for herself, a customs officer has a mysterious gift which enables him to see what others hide, and a man believes he knows how to deceive death.

These are the stories of John Ajvide Lindqvist's rich imagination. They are about love and death and what we do when the two collide and the monsters emerge.
(P)2013 WF Howes Ltd

About John Ajvide Lindqvist

John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish author, born in 1968. He grew up in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm. He wanted to become something awful and fantastic. First he became a conjurer and came in second in the Nordic card trick championship. Then he was a stand-up comedian for twelve years, before writing Let the Right One In. That novel became a phenomenal international bestseller and was made into a film and a West End play, both called Let Me In. His books are published in twenty-nine countries worldwide.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christy on October 28, 2016

4* ...If you love Lindqvist; or really trippy, modern Lovecratian horror stories, then you'll probably like this one...in fact, some understanding of the mythos is necessary to fully appreciate some of these stories, otherwise some cannot be truly appreciated at all. I'm going to talk about the book......more

Goodreads review by Paula on September 07, 2012

I am a massive fan of John Ajvide Lindqvist, I have loved all of his books so far and I cannot wait for his next one to be released. ‘Let the Old Dreams Die’ is a collection of stories which are surreal, complex, dark and as always, gives you an insight into the human psyche, where ordinary people e......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on July 27, 2015

Wow, this book took me a long time to read. Not in a bad way; it's just that Lindqvist's first collection of short stores, while beautifully written (and beautifully translated by Ebba Segerberg), is dense, with the majority of the dozen stories on the long side, some to good and others to not-so-gr......more

Goodreads review by Keith on September 05, 2012

John Ajvide Lindqvist collection of short stories are compiled together from different sources to comprise 'Let The Old Dreams Die'. The stories range from love lost, to updates from his novels which include 'The Harbour', 'Let The Right One In' and 'Handling the Undead' which gives an insight to wh......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on May 29, 2016

Not a bad collection of short stories but I was disappointed,if only because earlier in the year I read 'Let The Right One In' and I was blown away. This collection didn't come close to the quality of the earlier novel. I thought I would get more insight as to what happened to Oskar and Ellie from 'L......more