Let the Old Dreams Die
 Swedish book cover for Låt de gamla drömmarna dö | |
| Author | John Ajvide Lindqvist |
|---|---|
| Original title |
Pappersväggar (Paper Walls) Låt de gamla drömmarna dö |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
Let the Old Dreams Die is a short story collection by John Ajvide Lindqvist. The bulk of the stories were originally published in Sweden in 2005 under the name Paper Walls. Quercus published the first English-language release in 2011, with the addition of the title story Let the Old Dreams Die. [1]
The title story is a sequel to Lindqvist's novel Let the Right One In. Also included is The Final Processing, a sequel to Lindqvist's Handling the Undead.
Contents
- Border
- A Village in the Sky
- Equinox
- Itsy Bitsy
- The Substitute
- Eternal/Love
- To Put My Arms Around You, to Music
- Majken
- Final Processing
- Tindalos (currently only collected in the US edition)
- Let the Old Dreams Die (collected in the UK and US editions, published separately in Sweden)
Reception
Terrence Rafferty of The New York Times wrote "It’s a good thing Lindqvist is such a lively, observant writer because, despite the relative paucity of evil, the themes of his fiction can be mighty grim: his characters spend an inordinate amount of time negotiating with the Reaper, in his various forms. Maybe it’s a Swedish thing. But his touch is a good deal lighter than that of his great, gloomy compatriot Ingmar Bergman. A Seventh Seal by Lindqvist would have plenty of jokes and perhaps even a sliver of hope. He tends to write about people who don’t take themselves, or life, too seriously — until they’re forced to, by love or fear or (most often) both." [2]
References
- ↑ Costello, John (2009-03-12). "Let the Old Dreams Die". This is Horror. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ↑ Rafferty, Terrence (2013-10-18). "Sunday Book Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-11-15.