"As I retold these myths,I tried to imagine myself a long time ago,in the lands where these stories were first told,during the long winter nights perhaps,under the glow of the northern lights or sitting outside in the small hours,awake in the unending daylight of midsummer." - Neil Gaiman
Gather round,this is where the stories are born. This is where the world was made.
Picture it: about you,mile upon mile of sparkling,moonlit rock and snow. Above,the flickering magic of the aurora borealis,an electric-blue contrast to the warm fire where the storyteller weaves his words. He talks of playful,careless,wrathful gods,stories of immortal forces battling under freezing,star-filled skies.
The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - fromTolkien,Alan GarnerandRosemary Sutcliff toGame of Thronesand Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked,bestselling fiction.
Now our greatest living fantasist reaches back through time to the original source stories in a thrilling and vivid rendition of the great Norse tales.
Gaiman's gods are thoroughly alive on the page - irascible,visceral,playful,passionate - and the tales carry us from the beginning of everything to Ragnark and the twilight of the gods. Galvanised by Gaiman's prose,Thor,Loki,Odin and Freya are irresistible forces for modern readers and the crackling,brilliant writing demands to be read aloud around an open fire on a freezing,starlit night.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781408886816Number of pages: 304Weight: 510 gDimensions: 234 x 153 mm
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It's virtually impossible to read more than ten words by Neil Gaiman and not wish he would tell you the rest of the story...The halls of Valhalla have been crying out for Gaiman to tell their stories to a new audience. Hopefully this collection will be just the beginningBrilliant...Somehow he brings us close to this world of mountains and cataracts,monsters and elvesThere have been countless retellings of the Norse myths,but few that give them the everyday immediacy of Neil Gaiman's wry,punchy phrasing and delivery. You feel that bumbling Thor,wise Odin,fabulous Freya and the wily Loki are part of himGaiman retells the Norse sagas in his own lucid,laid-back style,teasing out the humour and absurdity inherent in the source material...An honest retelling that betrays an abiding personal passion for the exploits of dim-witted Thor,mercurial Loki,bombastic Odin and the restBeautifully told and a lot of funA bold undertaking...An excellent introduction to the stories that wield such great cultural significanceGaiman's voice is engaging; often quirkily humorous...The author's affection for the characters shines out from every page,and the narrative,always crisp and direct,combines an adult's insight with a childlike sense of wonder at the magic of it allGaiman's characteristically limpid,quick-running prose keeps the dramatic impetus of the medieval texts...His telling of the tales is for children and adults alike,and this is both right and wise,it being the property of genuine myth on many levelsIt's the perfect moment to become acquainted with Gaiman's eerie,fantastical writing. In his latest book,he recasts the Nordic sagas as gripping human dramas,putting flesh and blood on the slippery Loki,the hard-charging Odin and othersHis work draws you in and eats you up with new worlds and ideas
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is amongst Britain's foremost writers of fantasy and graphic novels; blending mythologies,folklore and urban legend in a diverse portfolio that embraces the ground-breaking graphic novel seriesThe Sandman,contemporary children's classics,The Graveyard BookandCoralineand adult fiction includingStardust,Neverwhereand the masterpiece that isAmerican Gods.
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