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David Madsen


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Contemporary, Fiction


David Madsen is the pseudonym of a philosopher, theologian, therapist and author who has always had a special interest in the esoteric, the oblique and the heterodox byways of the human psyche.

His first novel, Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf, partially sprang from Madsen’s enthusiasm for Gnosticism, which he had the opportunity of studying in Rome for several years; Memoirs won great critical acclaim and has been translated into eleven languages. It was followed by Confessions of a Flesh-Eater, Confessions of a Flesh-Eater Cookbook and, most recently, A Box of Dreams, all published by Dedalus Books. He has also collaborated on film scripts.

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Average rating: 3.62 · 959 ratings · 96 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors
Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
3.67 avg rating — 625 ratings — published 1995 — 23 editions
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Confessions of a Flesh-Eater
3.58 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
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A Box of Dreams: Original T...
3.36 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions
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U.S.S.A.
3.34 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions
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Successful Dissertations an...
3.63 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions
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Black Plume
3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions
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Under a Secret Sky
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Vodoun: A Novel
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions
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“Strange, isn't it, how one can always learn to love oneself, however ghastly one is?”
― David Madsen, Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
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“If this world is hell, one can only have compassion for those who are obliged to live in it and breathe its poisonous air.”
― David Madsen, Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
tags: compassion, hell
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“In accepting my lot, I also came to understand that suffering was universal, and that there wasn't anyone who was without pain of some kind; the difference between other people's suffering and mine was merely one of degree.”
― David Madsen, Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
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