Neil Gaiman

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Ungekürzte Lesung. 214 Min.

Sprecher: French, Dawn

Beschreibung

Bloomsbury presents Coraline by Neil Gaiman, read by Dawn French. When Coraline moves with her parents to a new house she is fascinated by the fact that their 'house' is infact only half of the house! Divided in to flats years before there is a brick wall behind a door where once there was a corridor and one day it is corridor again down which the intrepid Coraline wanders. And so a nightmare-ish mystery begins that takes Coraline in to the arms of counterfeit parents and a life that isn't quite right. Can Coraline get out? Can she find her real parents? Will life ever be the same again?

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 Children's Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408803127
• Artikelnr.: 70167035

Rezensionen

'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'

"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)