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The Sleeper and the Spindle (Hardcover)
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Staff Reviews
Bookseller: Julia
Title: The Sleeper and the Spindle
Comments:
Cursed thorns are spreading outward and the surrounding kingdoms are now plagued with sleep. Three dwarves investigate these rumors and bring it to their queen. She decides to find out what's going on and discovers things are not what they seem.
This retelling is dark and twisty-- we don't get what we expect. The sleeper, the hero, and the adventure is all familiar and NEW at the same time.
I first read this story in Rags & Bones: New Twists On Old Tales, a compilation of retellings. I really had liked Neil Gaiman's take on Sleeping Beauty and his inclusion of Snow White. Then it was published solo in this great graphic edition!
This book is gorgeous, the illustrations are as enchanting, as tangled, as thorny, as haunting, and as eerie as the writing.
I listened to the audio of this stunning book and was impressed again. This isn't a bedtime picture book-- this creepy creation is for older readers and the very brave!
Description
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.
About the Author
Neil Gaiman is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for children and adults whose award-winning titles include Norse Mythology, American Gods, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), Coraline, and The Sandman graphic novels. Neil Gaiman is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
Chris Riddell is an acclaimed British artist who lives in Brighton, England. He has written and illustrated many books of his own, including Ottoline and the Yellow Cat and Ottoline Goes to School, and has illustrated, for Bloomsbury UK, The Graveyard Book; Coraline; and Fortunately, the Milk; as well as The Sleeper and the Spindle.
Praise For…
“Gaiman and Riddell’s greatest [collaboration] to date.” — Tor.com
“Told in a way only Gaiman can” and featuring “stunning metallic artwork.” — GeekInsider
“A refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story.” — The Guardian
“Spellbindingly illustrated.” — Gaby Wood, Saturday Telegraph
“Magical, sumptuous, transporting.” — The Big Issue
“Unforgettable, unpredictable and utterly enchanting for anyone between the ages of seven and seventy.” — Amanda Craig, The New Statesman
“A genuine treat.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A spectacular art object...certainly a treasure.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Riddell’s spectacularly intricate ink drawings, gilded with gold, bring Gaiman’s inventive story to life...This highly recommended visually stunning twist on two classic fairy tales will be well received by fans of graphic novels and fantasy stories.” — School Library Journal (starred review)
“A wholly original reimagining...Riddell’s artwork is the reason a library should own this title in their collection. His details are exquisite.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
“A striking volume...thrums with malevolence and confounds our expectations...[the pictures] seem to writhe creepily on the page.” — Wall Street Journal
“Unabashedly feminist...So sonically tuned that it breathes on its own from the very first line. Adding to the wonder are Chris Riddell’s dazzling illustrations.” — New York Times Book Review