Masterpiece created out of periodical illustrations explores worlds of terror and surprise. Some consider this Ernst's greatest work.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
Mad Man's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward The powerful imagery and intensity of Ward's wordless works have elicited comparisons to Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe. This 1930 work tells a gripping tale through imagery alone, consisting solely of 128 hauntingly rendered woodcuts.
Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward The major American artist invented the concept of a wordless novel with this evocative, text-free "woodcut" narrative. Autobiographical in nature, the novel recounts Ward's struggles with his craft and with life in the 1920s.
