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THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE PB

Gaiman, Neil

Εκδότης Headline , ISBN 9781472200341


WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR The Ocean at the End of the Lane is the bestselling magical novel from Neil Gaiman, one of the most brilliant storytellers of our generation and author of the epic novel American Gods, and the much-loved Sandman series. 'Possibly Gaiman's most lyrical, scary and beautiful work yet. It's a tale of childhood for grown-ups, a fantasy rooted in the darkest corners of reality' (Independent on Sunday). If you loved the mesmerising world of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus or were drawn into J.K. Rowling's magical universe, this book is for you. It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond this world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defence is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is an ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac - as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly's wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark.

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WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR The Ocean at the End of the Lane is the bestselling magical novel from Neil Gaiman, one of the most brilliant storytellers of our generation and author of the epic novel American Gods, and the much-loved Sandman series. 'Possibly Gaiman's most lyrical, scary and beautiful work yet. It's a tale of childhood for grown-ups, a fantasy rooted in the darkest corners of reality' (Independent on Sunday). If you loved the mesmerising world of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus or were drawn into J.K. Rowling's magical universe, this book is for you. It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond this world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defence is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is an ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac - as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly's wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark.

Πληροφορίες προϊόντος

  • Συγγραφέας Gaiman, Neil
  • Eκδότης Headline
  • ISBN 9781472200341
  • Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100057122
  • Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2014
  • Σελίδες 288
  • Διαστάσεις
  • Βάρος 350 gr

Gaiman, Neil

Συγγραφέας

O Neil Gaiman γεννήθηκε το 1960 στο Πόρτσεστερ της Αγγλίας και τώρα μένει στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Είναι ένας από τους σημαντικότερους μυθοπλάστες της εποχής μας. Το σημαντικότερο έργο θεωρούνται οι 10 τόμοι (75 τεύχη) του κόμικ "The Sandman", που έχει αποσπάσει πολλά μεγάλα βραβεία σε χώρες όπως οι ΗΠΑ, η Αγγλία, η Γερμανία κ.ά. Κεντρικός ήρωας του "Τhe Sandman" είναι ο Μορφέας, ο αινιγματικός άρχοντας του κόσμου των ονείρων. Τα πιο γνωστά του μυθιστορήματα είναι το "Neverwhere", που μεταφέρθηκε στην μικρή οθόνη, το "Stardust", που απέσπασε το βραβείο για το Καλύτερο Μυθιστόρημα Φαντασίας του 1999, και βέβαια το "American Gods", το μοναδικό βιβλίο στην ιστορία της λογοτεχνίας του φανταστικού που έχει αποσπάσει τα βραβεία Nebula, Hugo, Bram Stoker και Locus, και ήταν υποψήφιο για το World Fantasy Award. Πολλά από τα διηγήματά του έχουν συμπεριληφθεί στη συλλογή "Smoke and Mirrors: Short stories and illusions". Έχει ακριβώς τρία παιδιά και περίπου εφτά γάτες.

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