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ISBN: 9780062255679 , 9780062255679

Content: " A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real... "

Content: Rezension(1): " Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), The Ocean at the End of the Lane , and The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains ,the Sandman series of graphic novels,and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors, Fragile Things, and Trigger Warning. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College. " Rezension(2): "Star Tribune (Minneapolis) on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: Remarkable . wrenchingly, gorgeously elegiac. . [I]n The Ocean at the End of the Lane, [Gaiman] summons up childhood magic and adventure while acknowledging their irrevocable loss, and he stitches the elegiac contradictions together so tightly that you won't see the seams." Rezension(3): "Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI): Gaiman has crafted an achingly beautiful memoir of an imagination and a spellbinding story that sets three women at the center of everything. .[I]t's a meditation on memory and mortality, a creative reflection on how the defining moments of childhood can inhabit the worlds we imagine." Rezension(4): "The Times (London) on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: His prose is simple but poetic, his world strange but utterly believable--if he was South American we would call this magic realism rather than fantasy." Rezension(5): "USA Today on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: [W]orthy of a sleepless night . a fairy tale for adults that explores both innocence lost and the enthusiasm for seeing what's past one's proverbial fence . Gaiman is a master of creating worlds just a step to the left of our own." Rezension(6): "Kirkus Reviews (starred review): Poignant and heartbreaking, eloquent and frightening, impeccably rendered, it's a fable that reminds us how our lives are shaped by childhood experiences, what we gain from them and the price we pay." Rezension(7): "New York Daily News on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: [A] compelling tale for all ages . entirely absorbing and wholly moving." Rezension(8): "The Atlantic Wire on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: [A] story concerning the bewildering gulf between the innocent and the authoritative, the powerless and the powerful, the child and the adult. . Ocean is a novel to approach without caution,the author is clearly operating at the height of his career." Rezension(9): "New York Post on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: This slim novel, gorgeously written, keeps its talons in you long after you've finished." Rezension(10): "Parade on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: In Gaiman's latest romp through otherworldly adventure, a young boy discovers a neighboring family's supernatural secret. Soon his innocence is tested by ancient, magical forces, and he learns the power of true friendship. The result is a captivating read, equal parts sweet, sad, and spooky." Rezension(11): "Bookish (Houston Chronicle book blog): 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' is fun to read, filled with his trademarked blend of sinister whimsy. Gaiman's writing is like dangerous candy--you're certain there's ground glass somewhere, but it just tastes so good!" Rezension(12): "Laura Miller, Salon: The impotence of childhood is often the first thing sentimental adults forget about it,Gaiman is able to resurrect, with brutal immediacy, the abject misery of being unable to control one's own life." Rezension(13): "Chicago Tribune on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: [W]ry and freaky and finally sad. . This is how Gaiman works his charms. . He crafts his stories with one eye on the old world, on Irish folktales and Robin Hood and Camelot, and the other on particle physics and dark matter." Rezension(14): "Charles DeLint, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction on THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE: When I finally closed the last page of this slim volume it was with the realization that I'd just finished one of those uncommon perfect books that come along all too rarely in a reader's life." Rezension(15): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from April 1, 2013 “Childhood memories are sometimes covered and obscured beneath the things that come later... but they are never lost for good”—and the most grim of those memories, no matter how faint, can haunt one forever, as they do the anonymous narrator of Gaiman’s subtle and splendid modern myth. The protagonist, an artist, returns to his childhood home in the English countryside to recover his memory of events that nearly destroyed him and his family when he was seven. The suicide of a stranger opened the way for a deadly spirit who disguised herself as a housekeeper, won over the boy’s sister and mother, seduced his father, and threatened the boy if he told anyone the truth. He had allies—a warm and welcoming family of witches at the old farm up the road—but defeating this evil demanded a sacrifice he was not prepared for. Gaiman (Anansi Boys) has crafted a fresh story of magic, humanity, loyalty, and memories “waiting at the edges of things,” where lost innocence can still be restored as long as someone is willing to bear the cost. Agent: Merrilee Heifetz, Writers House. "

Note: Auszeichnungen: The New York Times:The New York Times Best Seller List

Language: English

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Author information: Gaiman, Neil