Fragile Things - Short Fictions and Wonders

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. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Gaiman
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9780060515232
• ISBN: 978-0-06-051523-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 171 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Harper-Collins USA Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Romance, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Short Stories, Magical Realism, Fiction: general and literary, Horror and supernatural fiction, FICTION: Ghost, FICTION: Fantasy / Urban, FICTION: Media Tie-In, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Fantasy / Romance, FICTION: Magical Realism, FICTION: Gothic, FICTION: Romance / Science Fiction