Neil Gaiman

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Coraline

Beschreibung

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a critically acclaimed novel for readers of all ages in which a young girl discovers a passage to a world eerily similar yet darkly different from her own¿one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee "One of the most truly frightening books ever written."¿New York Times While exploring her new home, a young girl named Coraline unlocks a door to reveal a hidden passage. Intrigued, she ventures deep into a mysterious mirror realm, a world eerily similar yet darkly different from her own. Before long, the miraculous turns sinister, and Coraline must use her wits and courage to save herself¿and the other trapped souls she finds along the way. Filled with enchantments and terrors alike, this winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Awards is a dazzling feat of imagination from a modern literary master. "Inventive, scary, thrilling, and finally affirmative."¿Washington Post Book World

Autor

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 13 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 140g
• ISBN-13: 9780063088238
• ISBN-10: 0063088231
• Artikelnr.: 60780011

Rezensionen

"Gaiman's tale is inventive, scary, thrilling and finally affirmative. Readers young and old will find something to startle them." - Washington Post Book World

"A modern ghost story with all the creepy trimmings...Well done." - New York Times Book Review

"Coraline is by turns creepy and funny, bittersweet and playful...can be read quickly and enjoyed deeply." - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"A magnificently creepy story. Coraline is spot on." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Gaiman's pacing is superb, and he steers the tension of the tale with a deft and practiced narrative

touch." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, rise to your feet and applaud: Coraline is the real thing." - Philip Pullman, The Guardian

"The most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love." - Diana Wynne Jones

"It has the delicate horror of the finest fairy tales, and it is a masterpiece." - Terry Pratchett

"An electrifyingly creepy tale likely to haunt young readers for many moons." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

" Walk through the door and you'll believe in love, magic, and the power of good over evil." - USA Today

"So wonderfully whimsical that readers of all ages will hungrily devour itCoraline is destined to become a classic. - Globe and Mail (Toronto)

"Chilly, finely-wrought prose, a truly weird setting and a fable that taps into our most uncomfortable fears." - Times Educational Supplement

"A deliciously scary book that we loved reading together as a family." - Orson Scott Card

"Beautifully spooky. Gaiman actually seems to understand the way children think. " - Christian Science Monitor

"A frighteningly realistic fantasy. Lean crisp prose adds to the suspense and propels the story, and the eerie black-and-white illustrations by Dave McKean heighten the nightmarish quality of the tale." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"Kids will hang on every word. Coraline is a character with whom they will surely identify, and they will love being frightened out of their shoes. This is just right for all those requests for a scary book." - School Library Journal (starred review)

'I think this book will nudge ALICE IN WONDERLAND out of its niche at last. It is the most splendidly original, weird, and frightening book I have read, and yet full of things children will love'