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The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

by Neil Gaiman
$31.90
The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel
The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

Enchanting gothic fable of memory, magic, and mystery.

If you've ever felt the tug of nostalgia or the sting of childhood fears revisited, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" could speak directly to you. Neil Gaiman's command of fantasy weaves a tale that's as haunting as it is evocative, offering an adult perspective on childhood wonders and terrors. The book's blend of poignant storytelling and ethereal adventure makes it an alluring journey from start to finish, keeping you ensnared in its beautifully eerie world.

  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2013)
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2014)
  • World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2014)
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2014)
  • Specsavers National Book Award for Book of the Year (2013)
  • Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy (2013 and Nominee for Best of the Best (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

by Neil Gaiman
$31.90
ISBN: 9780062272348
Authors: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date of Publication: 2013-06-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Horror
Related Topics: Magical Realism, Fantasy, Paranormal
Goodreads rating: 4.02
(rated by 611810 readers)

Description

Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy. Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what. A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a
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Enchanting gothic fable of memory, magic, and mystery.

If you've ever felt the tug of nostalgia or the sting of childhood fears revisited, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" could speak directly to you. Neil Gaiman's command of fantasy weaves a tale that's as haunting as it is evocative, offering an adult perspective on childhood wonders and terrors. The book's blend of poignant storytelling and ethereal adventure makes it an alluring journey from start to finish, keeping you ensnared in its beautifully eerie world.

  • Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2013)
  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2014)
  • World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2014)
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2014)
  • Specsavers National Book Award for Book of the Year (2013)
  • Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy (2013 and Nominee for Best of the Best (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.