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Neverwhere Copertina rigida – 26 settembre 2017
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National Bestseller
Selected as one of NPR’S Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time
The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s dark classic of modern fantasy, beautifully illustrated for the first time by award-winning artist Chris Riddell, and featuring the author’s preferred text and his Neverwhere tale, “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back.”
Published in 1997, Neil Gaiman’s first novel, Neverwhere, heralded the arrival of a major talent. Over the years, various versions have been produced around the world. In 2016, this gorgeously illustrated edition of the novel was released in the UK. It is now available here, and features strikingly atmospheric, painstakingly detailed black-and-white line art by Chris Riddell, one of Gaiman’s favorite artistic interpreters of his work.
Richard Mayhew is a young London businessman with a good heart whose life is changed forever when he stops to help a bleeding girl—an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in Neverwhere—a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl Richard helped in the London Above. Here in Neverwhere, Door is a powerful noblewoman who has vowed to find the evil agent of her family’s slaughter and thwart the destruction of this strange underworld kingdom. If Richard is ever to return to his former life and home, he must join Lady Door’s quest to save her world—and may well die trying.
- Lunghezza stampa435 pagine
- LinguaInglese
- EditoreWilliam Morrow & Co
- Data di pubblicazione26 settembre 2017
- Dimensioni12.85 x 3.96 x 19.84 cm
- ISBN-100062821334
- ISBN-13978-0062821331
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“For those who have not read Neverwhere, the new edition is the one to read ... readers can experience this spellbinding, magical world the way that Neil Gaiman wanted us to all along.” — Huffington Post
“For those who have never been to Neverwhere, it’s time to go. For those who may have traveled once before, this new edition is calling out to you. There is more to see, hear and learn.” — Suspense Magazine
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National Bestseller
Selected as one of NPR’S Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of All Time
The #1 New York Times bestselling author’s ultimate edition of his wildly successful first novel featuring his “preferred text”—and including his special Neverwhere tale, “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back”
Published in 1997, Neverwhere heralded the arrival of a major talent and became a touchstone of urban fantasy. Over the years, a number of versions were produced both in the U.S. and the U.K. Now Gaiman’s preferred edition of his classic novel reconciles these works and reinstates a number of scenes cut from the original published books.
Richard Mayhew is a young London businessman with a good heart whose life is changed forever when he stops to help a bleeding girl—an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in Neverwhere—a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl Richard helped in the London Above. Here in Neverwhere, Door is a powerful noblewoman who has vowed to find the evil agent of her family’s slaughter and thwart the destruction of this strange underworld kingdom. If Richard is ever to return to his former life and home, he must join Lady Door’s quest to save her world—and may well die trying.
Neil Gaiman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, and is the recipient of numerous literary honors. Originally from England, he now lives in America.
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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.
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- Editore : William Morrow & Co; 1° edizione (26 settembre 2017)
- Lingua : Inglese
- Copertina rigida : 435 pagine
- ISBN-10 : 0062821334
- ISBN-13 : 978-0062821331
- Peso articolo : 499 g
- Dimensioni : 12.85 x 3.96 x 19.84 cm
- Posizione nella classifica Bestseller di Amazon: n. 3,603 in Fantasy (Libri)
- n. 7,234 in Fumetti e manga (Libri)
- n. 8,547 in Narrativa letteraria
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Ricorda un po' una fiaba, 'Neverwhere', con una serie di personaggi strani ( nobili, angeli, uomini in grado di parlare con i topi, sicari, vagabondi, cacciatrici e quant'altro), tutti abitanti degli oscuri sotterranei della grande metropoli britannica (Londra Sopra). E poi c'è l'Eroe, un timido e impacciato giovane londinese, che suo malgrado si trova invischiato in una pericolosa quest.
E' vero, l'archetipo dell'eroe che intraprende un viaggio alla ricerca di un artefatto magico non è cosa nuova, in letteratura, ma credo che Gaiman lo usi solo per costruire attorno a Richard tutto quello che vive, si agita e brulica nella Londra Sotto, in cui gli emarginati della Londra di sopra scivolano e si perdono. Un pretesto insomma.
Naturalmente non si tratta di un romanzo privo di difetti (alcuni anche gravi, a mio parere): la trama risulta prevedibile, non tutti i personaggi sono caratterizzati a dovere, di molte situazioni non si capisce il perché, nulla ci viene spiegato riguardo alle baronie e ai feudi, molte azioni dei personaggi principali rimangono lì, senza che ci sia chiaro perché essi si comportano in questa maniera, il finale è abbastanza scontato etc'
Ma in 'Neverwhere' ci sono anche il Marquis de Carabas. E Mr. Croup e Mr. Vandemar.
Ecco, leggete 'Neverwhere' per Mr. Croup e Mr. Vandemar. E' il miglior consiglio che posso darvi.
Per tutti coloro che cercano una storia fuori dall'ordinario.
'Richard wrote a diary entry in his head.
Dear Diary, he began. On Friday I had a job, a fiancée, a home, and a life that made sense. (Well, as much as any life makes sense). Then I found an injured girl bleeding on the pavement, and I tried to be a Good Samaritan. Now I've got no fiancée, no home, no job, and I'm walking around a couple of hundred feet under the streets of London with the projected life expectancy of a suicidal fruitfly.'
Mi è sempre piaciuto Neil Gaiman e devo dire che, dopo aver finito questo libro, lo amo ancora di più.
I personaggi sono fantastici, ci si affeziona persino ai due più crudeli, persino ai più fragili.
Un'avventura che fa venir voglia di scoprire se c'è davvero, o no, un "Underworld" sotto la nostra città.
Even if my english is not so well, i read the book without taking a breathe. The plot is intriguing, surprising, delirant, magic, wonderful.
I Always liked Gaiman, and after this book, now I love him.
Characters are Amazing, you will love also the most violent two of them, even the most fragile.
This is an adventure that makes you wish if there is an underworld even in our city.
Personally, I found it to be the best "urban fantasy" around, despite (or because) the protagonist doesn't really go around fighting magical things around each corner as a pastime activity.
La storia si svolge per la maggior parte in una Londra alternativa, che convive con la Londra “normale”. Ci sono una serie di eventi e luoghi e personaggi altamente fantastici. Questa ambientazione è originale e potrebbe essere interessante se non fosse che in qualche modo è fine a se stessa. In libri come questi o si viene presi dal libro e allora tutto probabilmente è meraviglioso, oppure lo si guarda dal di fuori e allora è come leggere una storia sapendo che è una storia, con i personaggi che, pur se originali e divertenti e unici, sono solo personaggi le cui esperienze non coinvolgono il lettore. A me è capitato questo: il libro non mi ha catturato. Come se ammirassi la bella forma di qualcosa senza sostanza.
Il libro è scritto bene e la lettura piacevole, per cui non ne sconsiglio la lettura, ma neanche posso consigliarla con troppa forza.
Questa recensione è per l’edizione originale inglese del libro. L’edizione italiana è intitolata “Nessun dove”.
Non ho apprezzato il fatto che mi sia arrivato un libro con la copertina diversa rispetto a quella che appare nella foto
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I loved the prose of Neverwhere, it read almost like it was meant for children when it’s so clearly not. There’s this whimsy to it, alongside Gaiman’s love of a metaphor and simile, which made the whole style just as magical as London Below. Speaking of, I loved the characters that populated this secret place. Gaiman was able to weave in a complex mystery and twists and turns into something that should have been an otherwise very straight forward plot: find out why/who is after Door and killed her family, and get Richard back to London Above. Gaimain, in this particular book anyway, is able to make you love and care for a character so, so deeply and then cut you to the core by taking them away all in one chapter. He’s also able to play with your mind about what is truly reality for Richard, and who should our main characters trust in a way that really added to the twists at the end. It was masterfully done!
I will say that I read A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab before reading Neverwhere, and after reading Gaiman’s book, it’s really easy to see where Schwab got a lot of inspiration for that series: everything from the different types of Londons that only one person really seems to be able to move between, and even a certain magical coat. I’m not mad about this at all! It’s clear that Schwab idolizes Gaiman, and her writing is an homage to that without being a rip off. Its just something to keep in mind if you read this and things start sounding… familiar.
All in all, this was a perfectly satisfying read—from just holding the book, to the perfect illustrations, the magical whimsy of the writing, and the cast of incredible characters that inhabit London Below. The story is dark, but with moments of tenderness and humor so I never felt bogged down to the point where I could no longer appreciate the imagery. Gaiman’s fantasy is always a reflection of reality with fantastic elements, so the ugly parts of our world are still present, but made magic so when you read you don’t necessarily feel preached to. But I can definitely understand why this style may not be for everyone—Gaiman doesn’t describe anything in a straightforward manner, instead almost tricking the reader into visualizing these delightful things. Which I loved, personally! This book was quirky and deep, fantastic and the kind of realistic urban fantasy I didn’t know I was missing until now, which is why this gets an easy 5 stars from me!
Slowly we see this world develop, great markets, cunning cutthroats, and societies and baronies that stretch to the very limit of imagination. Richard has fallen through the cracks, but getting back to regular society is near impossible as he is brought into a new world of problems that could cost him his life (on many occasions too..).
This book is smart, funny and enchanting, it'll make you want to keep reading, bringing you to love the villains just as much as the heroes of the story. Neil Gaiman has a talent when it comes to building up a unique world and creating the most incredible characters, and this book has just that.
Very recommended for anyone to read, it is not a book you will be disappointed with at all.
L'atmosphère de ce livre est typiquement ce que j'aime chez Gaiman, une réalité cabossée, presque steampunk sans le bling un peu facile qui y est parfois associé. On a est plongé dans l'idée que je me fais d'une ambiance victorienne moderne. Bref, j'ai adoré ma lecture. J'ai lu la plupart des livres de Gaiman et celui-ci reste mon préféré de tous.
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It's a profound book, a sadly surreal book and one that I could read several times for the layers of meaning contained in it. Like most books with layers of meaning, it was rushed onto a screen and stripped of its complexity. Fortunately, I didn't watch it, but the author was subjected to the desecration of his work, something that I can relate to and feel for him on the subject. I also did not read the abridged or altered texts.
This edition has several extras, including a brief, alternative prologue and a lost short story about the Marquis (who you will know very soon if you read the book).
This is a book that stays with you and makes you ask the questions that Richard Mayhew is left with, is this all there is? Are mystical experiences nothing more than head trauma or psychotic breaks? Or is there something else out there? Something that makes relationships deeper and more real than the day to day co-worker, surface relationships, perhaps even the ones we have with our families and friends where we delve below the surface and if we did, they would call us crazy. We carefully cultivate what is, 'normal' and avert our eyes from anything that may disrupt that normal. Part out of fear of being taken out of our element of understanding, but mostly out of our own fear of falling between the cracks ourselves.
As though helping someone less fortunate than ourselves is a contagion, something that those who see and engage with those who are hurt or are in pain are susceptible to. Those who don't or won't see have an immunity to falling through the cracks, their self interest keeps them safe. That's a sad other sort of not being seen and when you read this book, and if you let yourself really see and think about what is being said, about time bubbles, doors everywhere and a world folded in layers just beneath our feet... it leaves you wondering how much of it is real. Not in a 'fantastical' sort of a way, but in a way connected to physics and quantum theory.
Read the book and if you lack the attention span to get through it, my sympathy to you, because you are already a 'Jessica' and you will never see past the end of your phone and get out of your ruts and you'll never see even a peep into any of the below worlds. If you want to be a reader and you want to be a writer, you need to be able to open your mind and see into those places, be a hero, a hunter, an opener of doors, be someone other than a drone or a social climber and find the magic all around us in the world.