The Ocean at the End of the Lane
A Novel
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- 11,99 $
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- 11,99 $
Description de l’éditeur
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...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"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.
Avis des utilisateurs
Childish
Read like a children's story. Felt like it was written in a week. What a letdown.
Favorite Author. Period.
I'm not a strong reader, never have been, but Gaiman's work pulls me in every time and this one made sad that it was over so soon. I could have lived in that dream for so much longer. I can't wait to share it with my children.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Wow, loved it! One of those books you can't put down once you start