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Fragile things : short fictions and wonders / Neil Gaiman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021Copyright date: ©2006Edition: First William Morrow paperback reissueDescription: xxxv, 356 pages : illustration ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063075702
  • 0063075709
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Study in emerald -- Fairy reel -- October in the chair -- Hidden chamber -- Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the secret house of the night of dread desire -- Flints of memory lane -- Closing time -- Going wodwo -- Bitter grounds -- Other people -- Keepsakes and treasures -- Good boys deserve favors -- Facts in the case of the departure of Miss Finch -- Strange little girls -- Harlequin valentine -- Locks -- Problem of Susan -- Instructions -- How do you think it feels? -- My life -- Fifteen painted cards from a vampire tarot -- Feeders and eaters -- Diseasemaker's croup -- In the end -- Goliath -- Pages from a journal found in a shoebox left in a Greyhound bus somewhere between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky -- How to talk to girls at parties -- Day the saucers came -- Sunbird -- Inventing Aladdin -- Monarch of the glen.
Summary: A collection of more than twenty-five short fictional works follows a theme of the intersections between life and death, perception and reality, and darkness and light. Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares ... A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night ... In a Hugo Award-winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England ... These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance--and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit--of the incomparable Neil Gaiman.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy GAIMAN, NEIL Available 33111011342405
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 Yee

Fragile Things showcases the distinctive storytelling genius that has made Neil Gaiman one of the most admired literary artists of our time. 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. 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.

With breathtaking clarity, Fragile Things illumines Gaiman's brilliance as well as his terrifyingly entertaining dark sense of humor. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, this volume is a gift of enchantments that will startle the senses and stir the soul.

A collection of more than twenty-five short fictional works follows a theme of the intersections between life and death, perception and reality, and darkness and light. Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares ... A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night ... In a Hugo Award-winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England ... These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance--and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit--of the incomparable Neil Gaiman.

Study in emerald -- Fairy reel -- October in the chair -- Hidden chamber -- Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the secret house of the night of dread desire -- Flints of memory lane -- Closing time -- Going wodwo -- Bitter grounds -- Other people -- Keepsakes and treasures -- Good boys deserve favors -- Facts in the case of the departure of Miss Finch -- Strange little girls -- Harlequin valentine -- Locks -- Problem of Susan -- Instructions -- How do you think it feels? -- My life -- Fifteen painted cards from a vampire tarot -- Feeders and eaters -- Diseasemaker's croup -- In the end -- Goliath -- Pages from a journal found in a shoebox left in a Greyhound bus somewhere between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky -- How to talk to girls at parties -- Day the saucers came -- Sunbird -- Inventing Aladdin -- Monarch of the glen.

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