Neil Gaiman

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Ungekürzte Lesung. 461 Min.

Sprecher: Gaiman, Neil / Illustrator: McKean, Dave

Beschreibung

Bloomsbury presents this unabridged edition of The Graveyard Book written and read by Neil Gaiman. Winner of the Newbery Medal When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him – after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?

Autor

Neil Gaiman has written highly acclaimed books for both children and adults and is the first author to have won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals for the same work – The Graveyard Book. The L.A. Times has described his multi-million-selling graphic novel series Sandman as ‘the greatest epic in the history of comic books’. Many of his books, including Coraline and Stardust, have been made into films; Neverwhere has been adapted for TV and radio; American Gods and Good Omens have been adapted into major TV series. He has also written two amazing episodes of Doctor Who and appeared in The Simpsons as himself. In 2013 he published his first adult novel for seven years, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which received stellar reviews and was a bestseller around the world.gaimanbooks.co.uk / @neilhimself For more on Neil Gaiman and his award-winning children’s books, visit www.gaimanbooks.com

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408812655
• Artikelnr.: 72212765

Rezensionen

'Thrilling, elegant and joyously macabre. You will love it to death'

"The Graveyard Book, by turns exciting and witty, sinister and tender, shows Gaiman at the top of his form. In this novel of wonder, Neil Gaiman follows in the footsteps of long-ago storytellers, weaving a tale of unforgettable enchantment." - New York Times Book Review

"Like a bite of dark Halloween chocolate, this novel proves rich, bittersweet and very satisfying." - Washington Post

"Wistful, witty, wise-and creepy. This needs to be read by anyone who is or has ever been a child." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"This is an utterly captivating tale that is cleverly told through an entertaining cast of ghostly characters. There is plenty of darkness, but the novel's ultimate message is strong and life

affirming....this is a rich story with broad appeal. " - Booklist (starred review)

"Lucid, evocative prose and dark fairy-tale motifs imbue the story with a dreamlike quality. ...this ghost-story-cum-coming-of-age-novel as readable as it is accomplished." - Horn Book (starred review)

"This is, quite frankly, the best book Neil Gaiman has ever written. How he has managed to combine fascinating, friendly, frightening and fearsome in one fantasy I shall never know, but he has pulled it off magnificently - perfect for Halloween and any other time of the year." - Diana Wynne Jones, author of The Chronicles of Chrestomanci

"I wish my younger self could have had the opportunity to read and re-read this wonderful book, and my older self wishes that I had written it." - Garth Nix, author of The Abhorsen Trilogy

"It takes a graveyard to raise a child. My favorite thing about this book was watching Bod grow up in his fine crumbly graveyard with his dead and living friends. The Graveyard Book is another surprising and terrific book from Neil Gaiman." - Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife

"After finishing The Graveyard Book, I had only one thought - I hope there's more. I want to see more of the adventures of Nobody Owens, and there is no higher praise for a book." - Laurell K. Hamilton, author of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novels

"The Graveyard Book is endlessly inventive, masterfully told and, like Bod himself, too clever to fit into only one place. This is a book for everyone. You will love it to death." - Holly Black, co-creator of The Spiderwick Chronicles

"The Graveyard Book manages the remarkable feat of playing delightful jazz riffs on Kipling's classic Jungle Books. One might call this book a small jewel, but in fact it's much bigger within than it looks from the outside." - Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn

The Graveyard Book is everything everyone loves about Neil Gaiman, only multiplied many times over, a novel that showcases his effortless feel for narrative, his flawless instincts for suspense, and above all, his dark, almost silky sense of humor. - Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box