Conditions
A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
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Conditions
A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
In a beautiful collaboration, New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman and Kate Greenaway-winning illustrator Chris Riddell have created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, told in a way only Gaiman can and featuring stunning metallic artwork (GeekInsider.com).
The result is a beautiful and coveted edition of The Sleeper and the Spindle that the Guardian calls a refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story.
In this captivating and darkly funny tale, Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell have twisted together the familiar and the new as well as the beautiful and the wicked to tell a brilliant version of Snow White's (sort of) and Sleeping Beauty's (almost) stories.
This story was originally published (without illustrations) in Rags & Bones (Little, Brown, 2013). This is the first time it is being published as an illustrated, stand-alone edition, and the book is a beautiful work of art.
Born Neil Richard Gaiman in Hampshire, UK in 1960. Originally a journalist, Gaiman has written biographies, graphic novels, comics, poetry, screenplays, song lyrics, and drama. His fictional works encompass picture books and stories for children as well as adult novels. Many of his works have become best sellers. Coraline was adapted into a BAFTA award-winning animated film in 2009. Gaiman has won numerous honors, including the British Science Fiction, Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards. He was the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for a single book, The Graveyard Book. The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards in 2013.
Ages 13+ Know that it’s Snow White from the beginning and the story makes much more sense than going in blind. A unique and beautiful take on the story, you’ve never heard sleeping beauty like this.
As a lover a fairy tales, myth, and lore I glommed onto this as soon as it was recommended. I'm all for an adult spin on a child's story. The good- the illustrations were absolutely fantastic. It's worth buying for that alone. The story DOES have a spin. The meh- this book is not a bad one. It's just ok. It has notes of interest in as much as the damsel role is flipped twice, a hero and a villain. I don't want to ruin it for you. This is not a tale I'll go back to in the way I have so many others. If you like a fem viewpoint on an old story you'll like it. But love it, likely not.
I genuinely don’t know how to feel about this book. It was so strange and the pictures, though interesting, gave the whole thing an even creepier feeling that the story by itself. I didn’t love it but I was far from hating it as well. It just left me unsettled and frowning. There was no real conclusion. It felt like a small section plucked out of a larger story and made me wish this had been the full story rather than just this one bit. How do you even rate a book like this? What a bizarre piece of literature. 4/5 stars because I feel like that’s a solid rating from me.
