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Cargando... The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains: A Tale of Travel and Darkness with Pictures of All Kinds (2010 original; edición 2014)por Neil Gaiman
Información de la obraThe Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains por Neil Gaiman (2010)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Written in 2010, initially as a spoken word piece to be performed in Sydney Opera House (with paintings and music in the background), this has been taken forward with original and additional paintings from Eddie Campbell. It's not quite "picture book" and not quite "graphic novel" but a mixture of several types of delivery. Some of the illustrations appear to have been originally rendered in oils (I could be wrong) as they seem to have a specific texture about them you can feel off the page.... Set on the Isle of Skye in Scotland a long time ago, a dwarf visits Calum MacInnes who knows the location of a cave far away in the mountains - a cave that contains gold to make a man rich for a lifetime. There is still some resentment about the English king, and a hope that the Scottish King would return and overthrow the foreigners......The Dwarf persuades the man to become a guide to said cave, which takes several days to reach there. Neither man trusts the other, and the fear of the cave makes for several attempts at double cross along the way. Ultimately we see why the dwarf wants to go to the cave, and that the previous visit by the guide has resulted in the curse coming true - after a fashion. Neither men come out of the story a winner, and the women who are included dont fair very well either but this is not a fairytale happy ending kind of book. This is NOT suitable for young(er) children - there are some images and ideas that I wouldn't want them getting access to - give them "Wolves in the Walls" or "The day I swapped my dad for two goldfish" by the same author instead This multimedia kindle edition was not great. The interface was clumsy, the audio player was overlaid on the text so you couldn't see all the text when the audio was playing, and it only plays on kindle hardware devices. The story, however, was excellent, as were the illustrations. So my rating is for the story, not for the format. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Eddie Campbell, this is a four-color edition of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novelette "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains" -- a haunting story of family, the otherworld, and retribution"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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