Monsterland:
A Journey Around the World’s Dark Imagination
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Monsterland:
A Journey Around the World’s Dark Imagination
Overview
Monsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from?
In Monsterland, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on a journey to discover more about the monsters we’ve invented, lurking in the dark and the wild places of the earth — giants, dragons, ogres, zombies, ghosts, demons — all with one thing in common: their ability to terrify.
His far-ranging adventure takes him across the world. He sits on the thrones of giants in Cornwall, visits the shrine of a beheaded ogre near Kyoto, travels to an eighteenth-century Balkan vampire’s forest dwelling, and paddles among the shapeshifters of the Louisiana bayous. On his travels, he discovers that the stories of the people and places that birthed them are just as fascinating as the creatures themselves.
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- Paperback
- 198mm x 129mm
- 352 pages
- 9781917189361
- GBP£10.99
- 10 September 2026
- World English
- Felicity Bryan Associates
Praise
‘Beautifully written and fiendishly entertaining, Monsterland is more than just an encyclopaedia of beasts and villains through the ages. It is a deep, compelling exploration of the human obsession with the non-human: why monsters have haunted us since the “dawn of civilisation”, inspiring our imagination and personifying our fears. Especially fascinating is Jubber’s analysis of how these dark forces have changed over the years, as traditional monsters have become humanised and humans more monstrous. Now, as we battle our own 21st-century demons, we have become “the monsters the monsters fear”.’
‘As a collection of wonderfully creepy travels, Monsterland is both chillingly delicious and uncannily joyous.’
About the Author
Nicholas Jubber is an award-winning author of six previous books. He has travelled across the Middle East, North and East Africa, Europe, and Central Asia, exploring the connections between past and present and how stories, myths, fairy tales, and epic tales resonate for the people living in the places where they emerged. He has won the Stanford/Dolman Travel Book award and the New European non-fiction book of the year, written for the Guardian, Telegraph, Irish Times, and BBC Online amongst other publications, and has spoken and performed storytelling at numerous literary festivals, including Hay-on-Wye, Edinburgh, and Rome.
