{"id":568,"date":"2020-07-12T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T00:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/?post_type=product&#038;p=568"},"modified":"2025-10-08T08:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:06:12","slug":"dreams-and-assorted-nightmares","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/book\/dreams-and-assorted-nightmares\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams and Assorted Nightmares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Zango is a surreal town where men, some with erect manhoods, die when leaves fall from a life tree. \\n\\nZango is both setting and spectre for \u2018Dreams and Assorted Nightmares\u2019, a collection of interconnecting short stories which explore the spaces between life and death and beyond. \\n\\nThere\u2019s a poignant story of a special needs boy with prescience; another about the family of a philandering artist trying to pick up the pieces after his violent death; one of a teen forced to make a heart-breaking choice after her mother disappears; and another about a woman who reveals a terrible secret to her childhood friend who is in a coma. The characters come richly-layered and memorable \u2014 like Naznine who had but slowly lost the most perfect smile in the world; new bride, Nana Aisha, left alone to face armed marauders who invade her home; and brigands, Audu Kore and Maimuna Dajjaj, who share a pure and precious love. \\n\\nThe stories mostly feel mystical and dark, but the palpable compassion with which they are written give them warmth and light. Like rivulets, the stories easily flow into each other, aided by Ibrahim\u2019s signature hypnotic writing and majestic prose. This is a collection to savour especially for its many enigmas \u2014 the silent poetry and tragedies of everyday life, the darkness and tenderness of the human mind, and the crossroads between dreams and the supernatural.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">Zango is a surreal town where men, some with erect manhoods, die when leaves fall from a life tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zango is both setting and spectre for \u2018Dreams and Assorted Nightmares\u2019, a collection of interconnecting short stories which explore the spaces between life and death and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a poignant story of a special needs boy with prescience; another about the family of a philandering artist trying to pick up the pieces after his violent death; one of a teen forced to make a heart-breaking choice after her mother disappears; and another about a woman who reveals a terrible secret to her childhood friend who is in a coma. The characters come richly-layered and memorable \u2014 like Naznine who had but slowly lost the most perfect smile in the world; new bride, Nana Aisha, left alone to face armed marauders who invade her home; and brigands, Audu Kore and Maimuna Dajjaj, who share a pure and precious love.<\/p>\n<p>The stories mostly feel mystical and dark, but the palpable compassion with which they are written give them warmth and light. Like rivulets, the stories easily flow into each other, aided by Ibrahim\u2019s signature hypnotic writing and majestic prose. 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The characters come richly-layered and memorable \u2014 like Naznine who had but slowly lost the most perfect smile in the world; new bride, Nana Aisha, left alone to face armed marauders who invade her home; and brigands, Audu Kore and Maimuna Dajjaj, who share a pure and precious love. \\n\\nThe stories mostly feel mystical and dark, but the palpable compassion with which they are written give them warmth and light. Like rivulets, the stories easily flow into each other, aided by Ibrahim\u2019s signature hypnotic writing and majestic prose. This is a collection to savour especially for its many enigmas \u2014 the silent poetry and tragedies of everyday life, the darkness and tenderness of the human mind, and the crossroads between dreams and the supernatural.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">Zango is a surreal town where men, some with erect manhoods, die when leaves fall from a life tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zango is both setting and spectre for \u2018Dreams and Assorted Nightmares\u2019, a collection of interconnecting short stories which explore the spaces between life and death and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a poignant story of a special needs boy with prescience; another about the family of a philandering artist trying to pick up the pieces after his violent death; one of a teen forced to make a heart-breaking choice after her mother disappears; and another about a woman who reveals a terrible secret to her childhood friend who is in a coma. The characters come richly-layered and memorable \u2014 like Naznine who had but slowly lost the most perfect smile in the world; new bride, Nana Aisha, left alone to face armed marauders who invade her home; and brigands, Audu Kore and Maimuna Dajjaj, who share a pure and precious love.<\/p>\n<p>The stories mostly feel mystical and dark, but the palpable compassion with which they are written give them warmth and light. Like rivulets, the stories easily flow into each other, aided by Ibrahim\u2019s signature hypnotic writing and majestic prose. This is a collection to savour especially for its many enigmas \u2014 the silent poetry and tragedies of everyday life, the darkness and tenderness of the human mind, and the crossroads between dreams and the supernatural.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"retailer":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[341,116,345],"product_tag":[183,207,184,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-568","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-horror","7":"product_cat-mystery","8":"product_cat-short-stories","9":"product_tag-abubakar-adam-ibrahim","10":"product_tag-horror","11":"product_tag-mystery","12":"product_tag-short-stories","13":"thb-post-share-style1","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"taxable","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.1 (Yoast SEO v26.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dreams and Assorted Nightmares - Masobe Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/book\/dreams-and-assorted-nightmares\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dreams and Assorted Nightmares\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zango is a surreal town where men, some with erect manhoods, die when leaves fall from a life tree.  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