Half a Creature from the Sea - A Life in Stories (Paperback)

An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from a master storyteller and Hans Christian Andersen Award winning author, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England. A diverse collection of stories from the author of the internationally award-winning Skellig, deftly interwoven with illuminating autobiographical pieces on the inspirations behind the fiction. David Almond says of this unique volume, "Stories on the page are so beautifully neat. All that lovely black print; those lovely straight lines and paragraphs and pages. But stories are living things, creatures that move and grow in the imaginations of writer and reader. They must be solid and touchable, like the land, and must have fluid half-known depths, like the sea. These stories take place in a real world - but in fiction, real worlds merge with dreamed worlds. Real people walk with ghosts and figments. Earthly truth goes hand-in-hand with watery lies."

General

Imprint:	Walker Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2016
Authors:	David Almond
Illustrators:	Eleanor Taylor
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-4063-6559-7
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Short stories & other fiction > Short stories Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Short Stories & Other Fiction > Short Stories Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General
LSN:	1-4063-6559-9
Barcode:	9781406365597

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