Readers will be reminded most in these stories of that master craftsman yet to be superseded, Ray Bradbury." "Neil Gaiman at his unique best is terrific.
They are fiercely playful and very grim, wisps of whimsy and wonder buoyed by the happy heart of a tragic poet." "The tales of Fragile Things are nibbles and bits of Gaiman's immensely satisfying inner landscape. "Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic." By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, this volume is a gift of enchantments that will startle the senses and stir the soul. With breathtaking clarity, Fragile Things illumines Gaiman's brilliance as well as his terrifyingly entertaining dark sense of humor. Whether he's conjuring a mysterious traveling circus, exploring the rarefied tastes of an exclusive epicurean club, or visiting a strangely altered Victorian England, Gaiman reveals how the ordinary and the fantastical are transmutable and intertwined. The thirty-two gems of prose and verse in this astonishing collection stretch the imagination and engage the intellect even as they illuminate the vagaries of human experience. These stories will dazzle your senses, haunt your imagination and move you to the very depths of your soul.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, an astonishing collection of short fiction that stretches the boundaries of imagination, probes the depths of human experience, and reveals how the ordinary and the fantastical are intertwined―one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yeeįragile Things showcases the distinctive storytelling genius that has made Neil Gaiman one of the most admired literary artists of our time. Now Gaiman has produced FRAGILE THINGS, his second collection of short fiction. With THE SANDMAN Neil Gaiman created one of the most sophisticated, intelligent and influential graphic novel series of our time. The distinctive genius of Neil Gaiman has been championed by writers as diverse as Norman Mailer and Stephen King. and a winning faith in the enchantment of stories' Kirkus Reviews Neil Gaiman's extraordinary Fragile Things, from the bestselling author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane and American Gods, reveals one of the world's most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers, and harnesses the Gothic power of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber to the storytelling genius of Stephen King.
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