ambergris city of saints and madmen shriek an afterword finch

Was there something wrong with stories? No, they were incredible. I kept wondering why I was looking for reasons not to read City of Saints and Madmen. I wonder if I could rent a condo there for a few weeks in the autumn? Very cool town, has some interesting indigenous creatures, lots of cats, it’s own culture, religion, history. “I’d probably be OK with if I woke up in Ambergris (note to self: re-read The Strange Case of X until it really scares the crap out of you). I’ll give some reviews of selected stories, but I want to plagarize something I wrote on a different blog a while ago: No matter how much time I spend with this book, I don’t know if I’ll ever learn all the secrets of Ambergris.

It’s like being in the Sistine chapel, and although it’s emtpy and abandonded, but you can still the chanting if you don’t try to listen to hard. Reading this book is like being in a haunted house, populated by the friendly ghosts of all the relatives you wish you could have met, but you can’t understand what they are saying. Look it up), her history, her religions, her politics, with minor cameos by Janice and Duncan Shriek, of Vandermeer’s Shriek: An Afterword. The Book of Ambergris is exactly that: a collection of short stories in and about the port city of Ambergris (and yes, you find out how the city managed to get such a beautiful name that means something so disgusting. Vandermeer’s City of Saints and Madmen, a.k.a. This isn’t false advertising, it’s foreplay.

Turn a few pages, and under the “Also written by” list, many non existent tomes appear. Vandermeer’s untimely disappearance, and the strange notes he left in his wake. Stranger yet, the inside cover speaks of Mr. This visitor falls out of the ferry, and is clutching a copy of Vandermeer’s City of Saints and Madmen to his chest. The two covers of the book were a story unto themselves, describing a visitor to Vandermeer’s port city of Ambergris. I am slowly working my way up to Finch, really I am! If you’re new to Vandermeer, start with Shriek, An Afterword, then read City of Saints and Madmen, then you’ll be good and ready for Finch.Īt least in the version I got a hold of, the oddness began right from the start.

Ambergris city of saints and madmen shriek an afterword finch