The Ocean at the End of the Lane CD Compact disc - 2013
by Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, this bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic is Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Anansi Boys."
From the rear cover
Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. He is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet sitting by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean), the unremembered past comes flooding back. Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie--magical, comforting, wise beyond her years--promised to protect him, no matter what.
A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. A stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark.
Details
- Title The Ocean at the End of the Lane CD
- Author Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman
- Binding Compact Disc
- Edition Unabridged
- Pages 5
- Volumes 5
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperAudio
- Date 2013-06
- Features Unabridged
- ISBN 9780062263032 / 006226303X
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 6 x 5.07 x 0.79 in (15.24 x 12.88 x 2.01 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Audio File, 06/01/2013, Page 39
- Audio File Best Author-Reader, 12/01/2013, Page 27
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