One of the most popular and critically acclaimed book titles of all time, New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's masterpiece The Sandman set new standards for mature, lyrical fantasy and graphic narrative. Now, Vertigo and DC Comics are proud to present the last of four definitive Absolute Editions collecting this groundbreaking series in its entirety.

The Absolute Sandman, Volume Four reprints issues 57-75 of The Sandman and features an introduction by Karen Berger, editor of the original series and founder of the Vertigo imprint. This volume also includes a survey of exquisite memorabilia from the Dreaming, the original script and thumbnails by Gaiman and artist Marc Hempel for the first part of "The Kindly Ones" from The Sandman 57, and the complete script by Gaiman for the title's final issue, together with thumbnails, pencils, and paintings by artist Charles Vess.

The Bridge is a darkly brilliant novel of self-discovery, residing on the cutting edge of experimental fiction. It is set on a mysterious, world-spanning structure known only as the Bridge, where everyone seems to live from nowhere to nowhere.

The protagonist, John Orr, is rescued from the sea with no memory or personality. All he knows is the Bridge, his persistent dreams of war, and his desire for Chief Engineer Arrol's provocative daughter, Abberlaine.

As Orr explores this extraordinary world, he experiences outrageous contrasts and elegant absurdities. By day, he navigates the Bridge; by night, he dreams of desperate men driving sealed carriages across barren mountains, illiterate barbarians storming enchanted towers, and broken men walking endlessly over bridges.

This novel is frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, challenging the boundaries between reality and dreams, day and night.

Valentine, a wanderer who knows nothing except his name, finds himself on the fringes of a great city and joins a troupe of jugglers and acrobats. Gradually, he remembers that he is the Coronal Valentine, executive ruler of the vast world of Majipoor, and all its peoples, human and otherwise.

Valentine's journey is a long one, a tour through a series of magnificent environments. Fields of predatory plants give way to impossibly wide rivers, chalk-cliffed islands, and unforgiving deserts. The prose is unrelentingly dreamlike—no accident given that on Majipoor, dreams rule the minds of great and humble alike.

This epic tale is an imaginative fusion of action, sorcery, and science fiction, set in a wildly imaginative universe.

Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into an exuberant world view and affirmation of human possibility.

The author shares brief anecdotes about life in South America, memories of incidents from his own past, and meditations on reading, literature, and freedom.

Galway Kinnell's poetry has always been marked by a richness of language, devotion to the things and creatures of the world, and an effort to transform every understanding into the universality of art.

This book-length poem evokes the horror, anguish, and brutality of 20th century history, offering a profound reflection on the human condition.